The Bonny Swans (Live at the Royal Albert Hall)
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
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 a bread
The swans swim so bonny o
Oh father, oh 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
He 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
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
They 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 a stone
A hey ho and me bonny o
And straight it began to play alone
The swans swim so bonny o
And 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
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
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 a bread
The swans swim so bonny o
Oh father, oh 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
He 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
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
They 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 a stone
A hey ho and me bonny o
And straight it began to play alone
The swans swim so bonny o
And 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
Credits
Writer(s): Loreena Mckennitt
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- A Hundred Wishes (Live at the Royal Albert Hall)
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- The Ballad of the Foxhunter (Live at the Royal Albert Hall)
- Marco Polo (Live at the Royal Albert Hall)
- Spanish Guitars and Night Plazas (Live at the Royal Albert Hall)
- The Star of the County Down (Live at the Royal Albert Hall)
- The Two Trees (Live at the Royal Albert Hall)
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Altri album
- The Mask And Mirror Live
- In Her Own Words: The Mask And Mirror
- The Road Back Home
- In Her Own Words: The Road Back Home
- In Her Own Words: The Road Back Home (Pt.2)
- In Her Own Words: The Road Back Home (Pt.1)
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- Under A Winter's Moon (Live At Knox Church, Stratford, Ontario 2021)
- Under a Winter's Moon (Live)
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