[ti:The Bonny Swans (Edit)] [ar:Loreena McKennitt] [al:The Journey So Far: The Best of Loreena McKennitt] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Bonny Swans (Album Edit) - Loreena McKennitt [00:14.11]A farmer there lived in the north country [00:17.61]A hey ho bonny O [00:20.78]And he had daughters One two three [00:24.18]The swans swim so bonny O [00:28.45]These daughters they walked by the river's brim [00:31.98]A hey ho bonny O [00:35.37]The eldest pushed the youngest in [00:38.81]The swans swim so bonny O [00:42.73] [00:50.14]Oh sister oh sister pray lend me your hand [00:53.41]With a hey ho a bonny O [00:56.54]And I will give you house and land [01:00.15]The swans swim so bonny O [01:04.38]I'll give you neither hand nor glove [01:07.90]With a hey ho a bonny O [01:11.30]Unless you give me your own true love [01:14.66]The swans swim so bonny O [01:18.95] [01:25.95]Sometimes she sank sometimes she swam [01:29.21]With a hey ho and a bonny O [01:32.55]It's very like a gentle woman [01:35.99]The swans swim so bonny O [01:40.23]They laid her on the bank to dry [01:43.75]With a hey ho and a bonny O [01:47.18]There came a harper passing by [01:50.49]The swans swim so bonny O [01:55.91] [02:23.80]He made harp pins of her fingers fair [02:27.40]With a hey ho and a bonny O [02:30.67]He made harp strings of her golden hair [02:34.09]The swans swim so bonny O [02:37.66] [02:38.24]He made a harp of her breast bone [02:41.96]A hey ho and a bonny O [02:45.27]And straight it began to play alone [02:48.69]The swans swim so bonny O [02:53.23] [03:00.29]Does sit my father the king [03:03.18]With a hey ho and a bonny O [03:06.37]And yonder sits my mother the queen [03:09.95]The swans swim so bonny O [03:14.03]And there does sit my brother Hugh [03:17.63]With a hey ho and a bonny O [03:21.06]By him William sweet and true [03:24.46]The swans swim so bonny O [03:28.05] [03:28.56]There does sit my false sister Anne [03:32.20]A hey ho and a bonny O [03:35.50]Who drowned me for the sake of a man [03:38.99]The swans swim so bonny O