Alasdair Roberts
The Two Sister
There were two sisters lived in a bowerBinorrie, oh BinorrieThere came a knight to be their wooerBy the bonny mill dams o' BinorrieHe courted the eldest with glove and ringBinorrie, oh BinorrieBut he loved the youngest above anythingBy the bonny mill dams o' BinorrieThe eldest she was vexed sairBinorrie, oh BinorrieShe being so grim and the other so fairBy the bonny mill dams o' BinorrieOne morning that was fine and clearBinorrie, oh Binorrieshe called upon her sister dearBy the bonny mill dams o' Binorrie'Sister, oh sister, will you take a walkBinorrie, oh BinorrieTo hear the small birds whistle their notes?'By the bonny mill dams o' BinorrieThe youngest stood all on a stoneLetras de cancionesBinorrie, oh BinorrieAnd by came the eldest and pushed her inBy the bonny mill dams o' Binorrie'Sister, oh sister, reach out your handBinorrie, oh BinorrieAnd I'll give you my gold and land'By the bonny mill dams o' Binorrie'Sister, I'll not reach out my handBinorrie, oh BinorrieFor all your gold and all your land'By the bonny mill dams o' Binorrie'Sister, oh sister, reach out your gloveBinorrie, oh BinorrieAnd I promise Sir William will be your true love'By the bonny mill dams o' Binorrie'Sister, I'll not reach out my gloveBinorrie, oh BinorrieFor I know Sir William will be my love'By the bonny mill dams o' BinorrieSometimes she sank, sometimes she swamBinorrie, oh BinorrieUntil she came to the meal miller's damBy the bonny mill dams o' BinorrieThe miller's son came riding byBinorrie, oh BinorrieAnd he saw this maid come floating inBy the bonny mill dams o' Binorrie'Father, oh father, come to your damBinorrie, oh BinorrieIt's either a mermaid or a milk-white swan'By the bonny mill dams o' BinorrieHis father he hastened to his damBinorrie, oh BinorrieAnd he pulled out a drowned maidenBy the bonny mill dams o' BinorrieBy there came a maestro fineBinorrie, oh BinorrieWho plays for nobility while they dineBy the bonny mill dams o' BinorrieAnd he took three strands of her long yellow hairBinorrie, oh BinorrieAnd with them strung his fiddle so rareBy the bonny mill dams o' BinorrieAnd then the fiddle was heard to singBinorrie, oh Binorrie'Yonder sits my father the king'By the bonny mill dams o' BinorrieAnd then as plain as plain could beBinorrie, oh Binorrie'Yonder sits my sister, who drowned me'By the bonny mill dams o' Binorrie.
From Letras Mania