the bonny swans

• loreena mckennittin bir şarkısı. müziğini kendisi yazmış, güftesi ise anonim. aha da sözleri:
  
  a farmer there lived in the north country
  a 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 brim
  a hey ho bonny o
  the eldest pushed the youngest in
  the swans swim so bonny o
  
  oh sister, oh sister, pray lend me your hand
  with a hey ho a bonny o
  and i will give you house and land
  the swans swim so bonny o
  i'll give you neither hand nor glove
  with a hey ho a bonny o
  unless you give me your own true love
  the swans swim so bonny o
  
  sometimes she sank, sometimes she swam
  with a hey ho and a bonny o
  until she came to a miller's dam
  the swans swim so bonny o
  
  the miller's daughter, dressed in red
  with a hey ho and a bonny o
  she went for some water to make some bread
  the swans swim so bonny o
  
  oh father, oh daddy, here swims a swan
  with a hey ho and a bonny o
  it's very like a gentle woman
  the swans swim so bonny o
  they placed her on the bank to dry
  with a hey ho and a bonny o
  there came a harper passing by
  the swans swim so bonny o
  
  he made harp pins of her fingers fair
  with a hey ho and a bonny o
  he made harp strings of her golden hair
  the swans swim so bonny o
  he made a harp of her breast bone
  with a hey ho and a bonny o
  and straight it began to play alone
  the swans swim so bonny o
  
  he brought it to her father's hall
  with a hey ho and a bonny o
  and there was the court, assembled all
  the swans swim so bonny o
  he laid the harp upon a stone
  with a hey ho and a bonny o
  and straight it began to play lone
  the swans swim so bonny o
  
  and there does sit my father the king
  with a hey ho and a bonny o
  and yonder sits my mother the queen
  the swans swim so bonny o
  and there does sit my brother hugh
  with a hey ho and a bonny o
  and by him william, sweet and true
  the swans swim so bonny o
  and there does sit my false sister, anne
  with a hey ho and a bonny o
  who drowned me for the sake of a man
  the swans swim so bonny o
• october 1990 - annaghmakerrig, ireland... have been striving to create the pieces and the shape of the visit. brought various books of lyrics, poetry and other influences with me: the unicorn tapestries, the golden bough. set some traditional lyrics to music; i am drawn to the harp motif and the essence of a fable in which a girl, drowned by her jealous sister, returns first as a swan and then is transformed into a harp... the countryside of county monaghan would make an ideal location for a visual interpretation, with its lakes, forests and rolling countryside. -lm
• the mask and mirror albümünün 2. parçası.
• kız kardeşi tarafından nehre itilmiş ve daha sonra kuğu ve harpa dönüşen bir kızın hikayesini anlatan eser.
• en güzel versiyonlarından birisi loreena ablamızın `nights from the alhambra konserinde söylediği şu versiyondur kanımca.
• ahanda şuanda dinlediğim pekde sevdiğimdir..