[ti:The Bonny Swans]
[ar:Loreena McKennitt]
[al:The Mask And Mirror]

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[00:26.44]Music by Loreena McKennitt
[00:31.44]Lyrics arr. and adapted by Loreena McKennitt
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[00:41.44]A farmer there lived in the north country
[00:44.62]a hey ho bonny o
[00:47.92]And he had daughters one, two, three
[00:51.30]The swans swim so bonny o
[00:55.49]These daughters they walked by the river's brim
[00:58.92]a hey ho bonny o
[01:02.35]The eldest pushed the youngest in
[01:05.77]The swans swim so bonny o
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[01:16.96]Oh sister, oh sister, pray lend me your hand
[01:20.29]with a hey ho a bonny o
[01:23.64]And I will give you house and land
[01:27.02]the swans swim so bonny o
[01:31.56]I'll give you neither hand nor glove
[01:34.69]with a hey ho a bonny o
[01:38.22]Unless you give me your own true love
[01:41.40]the swans swim so bonny o
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[01:59.37]Sometimes she sank, sometimes she swam
[02:02.68]with a hey ho and a bonny o
[02:06.17]Until she came to a miller's dam
[02:09.45]the swans swim so bonny o
[02:13.74]The miller's daughter, dressed in red
[02:17.19]with a hey ho and a bonny o
[02:20.56]She went for some water to make some bread
[02:23.95]the swans swim so bonny o
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[02:35.17]Oh father, oh daddy, here swims a swan
[02:38.54]with a hey ho and a bonny o
[02:41.74]It's very like a gentle woman
[02:45.19]the swans swim so bonny o
[02:49.39]They placed her on the bank to dry
[02:52.86]with a hey ho and a bonny o
[02:56.30]There came a harper passing by
[02:59.66]the swans swim so bonny o
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[03:32.86]He made harp pins of her fingers fair
[03:36.31]with a hey ho and a bonny o
[03:39.62]He made harp strings of her golden hair
[03:43.03]the swans swim so bonny o 
[03:47.23]He made a harp of her breast bone
[03:50.86]with a hey ho and a bonny o
[03:54.10]And straight it began to play alone
[03:57.52]the swans swim so bonny o
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[04:08.80]He brought it to her father's hall
[04:11.89]with a hey ho and a bonny o
[04:15.24]And there was the court, assembled all
[04:18.62]the swans swim so bonny o
[04:22.98]He laid the harp upon a stone
[04:26.35]with a hey ho and a bonny o
[04:29.71]And straight it began to play alone
[04:33.08]the swans swim so bonny o
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[04:51.49]And there does sit my father the King
[04:54.37]with a hey ho and a bonny o
[04:57.77]And yonder sits my mother the Queen
[05:01.19]the swans swim so bonny o
[05:05.34]And there does sit my brother Hugh
[05:08.77]with a hey ho and a bonny o
[05:12.19]And by him William, sweet and true
[05:15.61]the swans swim so bonny o
[05:19.78]And there does sit my false sister, Anne
[05:23.39]with a hey ho and a bonny o
[05:26.64]Who drowned me for the sake of a man
[05:30.11]the swans swim so bonny o
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[07:08.53]END