Taken down from recitation at Old Deir, 1876, by Mrs.
A.F. Murison. Manuscript, p. 79.
| 1 |
There lived twa sisters in yonder ha,
Bin'orie O an Bin'orie
They hadna but ae lad atween them twa,
He's the bonnie miller lad o Bin'orie. |
| 2 |
It fell oot upon a day,
Bin'orie O an Bin'orie
The auldest ane to the youngest did say,
At the bonnie mill-dams o Bin'orie, |
| 3 |
'O sister, O sister, will ye go to the dams,
Bin'orie O an Bin'orie
To hear the blackbird thrashin oer his songs?
At the bonnie mill-dams o Bin'orie, |
| 4 |
'O sister, O sister, will ye go to the dams,
Bin'orie O an Bin'orie
To see oor father's fish-boats come safe to dry lan?
An the bonnie miller lad o Binorie.' |
| 5 |
They hadna been an oor at the dams,
Bin'orie O an Bin'orie
Till they heard the blackbird thrashin oer his tune,
At the bonnie mill-dams o Bin'orie, |
| 6 |
They hadna been an oor at the dams
Bin'orie O an Bin'orie
Till they saw their father's fish-boats come safe to dry lan,
Bat they sawna the bonnie miller laddie. |
| 7 |
They stood baith up upon a stane,
Bin'orie O an Bin'orie
An the eldest ane dang the youngest in,
I the bonnie mill-dams o Bin'orie, |
| 8 |
She swam up, an she swam doon,
Bin'orie O an Bin'orie
An she swam back to her sister again,
I the bonnie mill-dams o Bin'orie, |
| 9 |
'O sister, O sister, len me your han,
Bin'orie O an Bin'orie
An yes be heir to my true love,
He's the bonnie miller lad o Binorie.' |
| 10 |
'It was not for that love at I dang you in,
Bin'orie O an Bin'orie
But ye was fair and I was din,
And yes droon i the dams o Binorie.' |
| 11 |
The miller's daughter she cam oot,
Bin'orie O an Bin'orie
For water to wash her father's hans,
Frae the bonnie mill-dams o Bin'orie, |
| 12 |
'O father, O father, ye will fish your dams,
Bin'orie O an Bin'orie
An ye'll get a white fish or a swan,
I the bonnie mill-dams o Bin'orie, |
| 13 |
They fished up and they fished doon,
Bin'orie O an Bin'orie
But they got nothing but a droonet woman,
I the bonnie mill-dams o Bin'orie, |
| 14 |
Some o them kent by her skin sae fair,
Bin'orie O an Bin'orie
But weel kent he by her bonnie yallow hair
She's the bonnie miller's lass o Binorie. |
| 15 |
Some o them kent by her goons o silk,
Bin'orie O an Bin'orie
But weel kent he by her middle sae jimp,
She's the bonnie miller's lass o Binorie. |
| 16 |
Mony ane was at her oot-takin,
Bin'orie O an Bin'orie
But mony ane mair at her green grave makin,
At the bonny mill-dams o Binorie. |
