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T:Binnorie
S:Digital Tradition, twosis5
N:*din=dun, dark
Z:Footnote: Grieg-Duncan B
M:4/4
L:1/8
Q:2/4=100
W:There lived twa sisters in yonder ha'
W:Binnorie, o an' Binnorie,
W:They hid bit ae lad atween them twa,
W:He's the bonnie miller lad o Binnorie.
W:
W:It fell aince upon a day
W:That the auldest ane to the youngest did say
W:At the bonnie mull dams o Binnorie.
W:
W:O sister O sister will ye gang to the brooms,
W:An hear the little blackbirdie changing its tunes
W:At the bonnie mull dams o Binnorie.
W:
W:O sister O sister will ye gang to the dams
W:An see your father's fish boats safe on dry land
W:An see the mullart lad o Binnorie.
W:
W:They hidna been half an hour at the brooms
W:Till they thrice heard the blackbirdie changing its tunes
W:At the bonnie mull dams O Binnorie.
W:
W:They hidna been an hour at the dams
W:Till they saw their father's fish boats safe on dry land
W:But they sawna the bonnie mullart laddie.
W:
W:The youngest ane she stood on a stane
W:The aulest ane dung the youngest in
W:To the bonnie mull dams o Binnorie.
W:
W:She swam up an she swam down
W:Till she swam back tull her sister again
W:In the bonnie mull dams o Binnorie.
W:
W:Sister O Sister will ye reach me yere glove
W:An I'II make you heir o my true love
W:The bonnie mullart lad O Rinorie.
W:
W:It wisna for that, that I dang ye in,
W:It's because ye are fair an I am din*
W:An ye'll droon in the dams o Binnorie.
W:
W:Oot cam the aul' mullart's daughter to the dams
W:For water tae wash her father's hands
W:Fae the bonnie mull dams o Binnorie.
W:
W:O father O father go a-fishing your dams
W:For there's either a mermaid or a milk-white swan
W:In the bonnie mull dams o Binnorie.
W:
W:They socht up an they socht down
W:But they got naething but a droon'd woman
W:In the bonnie mull dams O Binnorie.
W:
W:Some o them kent her by her skin so fair
W:But weel kent the millart by her bonnie yellow hair
W:She's the millart's bonnie lass o Binnorie.
W:
W:Some o them kent her by her goon o silk
W:But the millart laddie kent her by her middle so jimp
W:'Twas his ain bonnie lass o Binnorie.
W:
W:Mony a ane was at her oot takin
W:An mony ane mair at her green grave makin
W:At the bonnie mull dams o Binnorie.
K:Bb
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Submitted by : kkrell

Collected by : Martin Doering

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Binnorie