Oh there were two sisters lived in a bower Oh I am so bonnie They've gone out for to pull all the flowers On the bonnie bonnie banks of Fordie And they've not pulled a flower but one Oh I am so bonnie 'til by there came an outlaw man On the bonnie bonnie banks of Fordie And he's taken the eldest by her hand Oh I am so bonnie Turned her around and he made her stand On the bonnie bonnie banks of Fordie And it's will you be a bankrobber's wife? Oh I am so bonnie Or will you die with my little pen knife? On the bonnie bonnie banks of Fordie Oh I'll not be a bankrobber's wife Oh I am so bonnie But I'd sooner die with your little pen knife On the bonnie bonnie banks of Fordie So he's taken the second girl by her hand Oh I am so bonnie Turned her around and he made her stand On the bonnie bonnie banks of Fordie Oh will you be a bankrobber's wife? Oh I am so bonnie Or will you die with my little pen knife? On the bonnie bonnie banks of Fordie Oh it's I'll not be a bankrobber's wife Oh I am so bonnie But I'd sooner die with your little pen knife On the bonnie bonnie banks of Fordie But her own brother John come riding by Oh I am so bonnie And this bold robber he chanced to spy On the bonnie bonnie banks of Fordie And he's gone up to his sister fair Oh I am so bonnie Taken her up by her long yellow hair On the bonnie bonnie banks of Fordie And he's sent out his page-boys three Oh I am so bonnie They took this robber most speedily On the bonnie bonnie banks of Fordie And it's for my sister that you shall die Oh I am so bonnie They've hanged him up on the gallows high On the bonnie bonnie banks of Fordie They'd thrown him into a poisoned lake Oh I am so bonnie To feed all the toads and the rattle-snakes On the bonnie bonnie banks of Fordie