The Bonney Swans Lyrics - Loreena Mckennitt

A farmer there lived in the north country 

A hey ho and me bonny o 

And he had daughters one, two, three 

The swans swim so bonny o 

These daughters they walked by the river's brim 

A hey ho and me bonny o 

The eldest pushed the youngest in 

The swans swim so bonny o 

Oh sister, oh sister, pray lend me your hand 

A hey ho and me bonny o 

And I will give you house and land 

The swans swim so bonny o 

I'll give you neither hand nor glove 

A hey ho and me bonny o 

Unless you give me your own true love 

The swans swim so bonny o 

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Sometimes she sank, sometimes she swam 

A hey ho and me bonny o 

Until she came to a miller's dam 

The swans swim so bonny o 

The miller's daughter, dressed in red 

A hey ho and me bonny o 

She went for some water to make her bread 

The swans swim so bonny o 

O father, o daddy, here swims a swan 

A hey ho and me bonny o 

It's very like a gentle woman 

The swans swim so bonny o 

They laid her on the bank to dry 

A hey ho and me bonny o 

There came a harper passing by 

The swans swim so bonny o 

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He made harp pins of her fingers fair 

A hey ho and me bonny o 

He made harp strings of her golden hair 

The swans swim so bonny o 

He made a harp of her breast bone 

A hey ho and me bonny o 

And straight it began to play alone 

The swans swim so bonny o 

He brought it to her father's hall 

A hey ho and me bonny o 

And there was the court assembled all 

The swans swim so bonny o 

He laid the harp upon the stone 

A hey ho and me bonny o 

And straight it began to play alone 

The swans swim so bonny o 

There does sit my father, the King 

A hey ho and me bonny o 

And yonder sits my mother the Queen 

The swans swim so bonny o 

And there does sit my brother Hugh 

A hey ho and me bonny o 

And by him William, sweet and true 

The swans swim so bonny o 

And there does sit my false sister Anne 

A hey ho and me bonny o 

Who drowned me for the sake of a man 

The swans swim so bonny o