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THE TWA SISTERS—G
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There were three sisters lived in a bouir,Hech, hey, my Nannie O
And the youngest was the fairest flouir.
And the swan swims bonnie O
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‘O sister, sister, gang down to yon sand,And see your father's ships coming to dry land.’
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O they have gane down to yonder sand,To see their father's ships coming to dry land.
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‘Gae set your fit on yonder stane,Till I tye up your silken goun.’
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She set her fit on yonder stane,And the auldest drave the youngest in.
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‘O sister, sister, tak me by the hand,And ye'll get a' my father's land.
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‘O sister, sister, tak me by the gluve,An ye'll get Willy, my true luve.’
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She had a switch into her hand,And ay she drave her frae the land.
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O whiles she sunk, and whiles she swam,Until she swam to the miller's dam.
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The miller's daughter gade doun to Tweed,To carry water to bake her bread.
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‘O father, O father, what's yon in the dam?It's either a maid or a milk-white swan.’
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They have tane her out till yonder thorn,And she has lain till Monday morn.
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She hadna, hadna twa days lain,Till by there came a harper fine.
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He made a harp o her breast-bane,That he might play forever thereon.
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