The Swan Swims

He’s courted the eldest wi brooch and ring

And the swan aye swims sae bonnie-O

Sister, oh sister, we’ll gang tae the broom

O Aye sae bonnie-O

Tae hear the blackbird change its tune

And the swan aye swims sae bonnie-O 

Oh they’ve walked up and they’ve walked doon

O Aye sae bonnie-O

And thrice the blackbird changed its tune

And the swan aye swims sae bonnie-O 

 Sister oh sister pit your fit on a stane

O Aye sae bonnie-O

And the eldest sister Jean pushed her in the stream 

O Aye sae bonnie-O

Until she floated tae the miller’s dam

And the swan aye swims sae bonnie-O 

The miller’s gaed oot for tae fish in his dam

O Aye sae bonnie-O

And there’s either a maid or a milk white swan

And the swan aye swims sae bonnie-O 

He’s ta’en her oot and he’s laid her on a stane

O Aye sae bonnie-O

And the king’s ain fiddler was walking all alane

And the swan aye swims sae bonnie-O 

He has ta’en her lang yellow hair

O Aye sae bonnie-O

Sayin’ this will mak me strings for my fiddle sae rare

And the swan aye swims sae bonnie-O 

And he has ta’en her lang finger banes

O Aye sae bonnie-O

Sayin’ this will mak me pins for ma fiddle sae rare

And the swan aye swims sae bonnie-O 

And he has ta’en her white breast bane

O Aye sae bonnie-O

Sayin’ this will mak a fiddle that will play a rare tune

And the swan aye swims sae bonnie-O 

That night when they were playin’ at the ha’

O Aye sae bonnie-O

That fiddle sae rare played a tune or twa

And the swan aye swims sae bonnie-O 

The first tune it’s played there’s ma faither the king

O Aye sae bonnie-O

And the next tune it’s played there’s my mither the queen

And the swans aye swims sae bonnie-O 

The third tune it’s played there’s ma fause sister Jean

O Aye sae bonnie-O

And it was she pushed me in the stream

And the swan aye swims sae bonnie-O 

They've built a fire that would near burn a stane,

And the swan aye swims sae bonnie-O 

And the swan aye swims sae bonnie-O 

And the swan aye swims sae bonnie-O