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A farmer there lived in the north countrya hey ho bonny o
And he had daughters one, two, three
The swans swim so bonny o
These daughters they walked by the river's brima hey ho bonny o
The eldest pushed the youngest in
The swans swim so bonny o
Oh sister, oh sister, pray lend me your handwith a hey ho a bonny o
And I will give you house and landthe swans swim so bonny o
I'll give you neither hand nor glovewith a hey ho a bonny o
Unless you give me your own tru lovethe swans swim so bonny o
Sometimes she sank, sometimes she swamwith a hey ho and a bonny o
Until she came to a miller's damthe swans swim so bonny o
The miller's daughter, dressed in redwith a hey ho and a bonny o
She went for some water to make some breadthe swans swim so bonny o
Oh father, oh daddy, here swims a swanwith a hey ho and a bonny o
It's very like a gentle womanthe swans swmi so bonny o
They placed her on the bank to drywith a hey ho and a bonny o
There came a harper passing bythe swans swim so bonny o
He made harp pins of her fingers fairwith a hey ho and a bonny o
He made harp strings of her golden hairthe swans swim so bonny o
He made a harp of her breast bonewith a hey ho and a bonny o
And straight it began to play alonethe swans swim so bonny o
He brought it to her father's hallwith a hey ho and a bonny o
And there was the court, assembled allthe swans swim so bonny o
He laid the harp upon a stonewith a hey ho and a bonny o
And straight it began to play alonethe swans swim so bonny o
And there does sit my father the Kingwith a hey ho and a bonny o
And yonder sits my mother the Queenthe swans swim so bonny o
And there does sit my brother Hughwith a hey ho and a bonny o
And by him William, sweet and truethe swans swim so bonny o
And there does sit my false sister, Annewith a hey ho and a bonny o
Who drowned me for the sake of a manthe swans swim so bonny o
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