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Music by Loreena McKennitt |
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A farmer there lived in the north country |
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a hey ho bonny o |
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And he had daughters one, two, three |
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The swans swim so bonny o |
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These daughters they walked by the river's brim |
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a hey ho bonny o |
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The eldest pushed the youngest in |
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The swans swim so bonny o |
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Oh sister, oh sister, pray lend me your hand |
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with a hey ho a bonny o |
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And I will give you house and land |
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the swans swim so bonny o |
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I'll give you neither hand nor glove |
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with a hey ho a bonny o |
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Unless you give me your own true love |
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the swans swim so bonny o |
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Sometimes she sank, sometimes she swam |
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with a hey ho and a bonny o |
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Until she came to a miller's dam |
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the swans swim so bonny o |
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The miller's daughter, dressed in red |
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with a hey ho and a bonny o |
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She went for some water to make some bread |
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the swans swim so bonny o |
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Oh father, oh daddy, here swims a swan |
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with a hey ho and a bonny o |
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It's very like a gentle woman |
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the swans swim so bonny o |
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They placed her on the bank to dry |
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with a hey ho and a bonny o |
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There came a harper passing by |
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the swans swim so bonny o |
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He made harp pins of her fingers fair |
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with a hey ho and a bonny o |
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He made harp strings of her golden hair |
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the swans swim so bonny o |
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He made a harp of her breast bone |
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with a hey ho and a bonny o |
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And straight it began to play alone |
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the swans swim so bonny o |
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He brought it to her father's hall |
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with a hey ho and a bonny o |
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And there was the court, assembled all |
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the swans swim so bonny o |
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He laid the harp upon a stone |
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with a hey ho and a bonny o |
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And straight it began to play alone |
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the swans swim so bonny o |
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And there does sit my father the King |
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with a hey ho and a bonny o |
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And yonder sits my mother the Queen |
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the swans swim so bonny o |
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And there does sit my brother Hugh |
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with a hey ho and a bonny o |
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And by him William, sweet and true |
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the swans swim so bonny o |
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And there does sit my false sister, Anne |
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with a hey ho and a bonny o |
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Who drowned me for the sake of a man |
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the swans swim so bonny o |
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