of half my land,'
_By the bonny mill-dams o' Binnorie._

10.
'O sister, I'll not reach my hand,'
_Binnorie, O Binnorie!_
'And I'll be heir of all your land,'
_By the bonny mill-dams o' Binnorie._

11.
'Shame fa' the hand that I should take,'
_Binnorie, O Binnorie!_
'It's twin'd me and my world's make,'
_By the bonny mill-dams o' Binnorie._

12.
'O sister, reach me but your glove,'
_Binnorie, O Binnorie!_
'And sweet William shall be your love,'
_By the bonny mill-dams o' Binnorie._

13.
'Sink on, nor hope for hand or glove,'
_Binnorie, O Binnorie!_
'And sweet William shall better be my love,'
_By the bonny mill-dams o' Binnorie._

14.
'Your cherry cheeks and your yellow hair,'
_Binnorie, O Binnorie!_
'Garr'd me gang maiden evermair,'
_By the bonnie mill-dams o' Binnorie._

15.
Sometimes she sunk, and sometimes she swam,
_Binnorie, O Binnorie!_
Until she came to the miller's dam,
_By the bonny mill-dams o' Binnorie._

16.
'O father, father, draw your dam!'
_Binnorie, O Binnorie!_
'There's either a mermaid or a milk-white swan,'
_By the bonny mill-dams o' Binnorie._

17.
The miller hasted and drew his dam,
_Binnorie, O Binnorie!_
And there he found a drowned woman,
_By the bonny mill-dams o' Binnorie._

18.
You could not see her yellow hair,
_Binnorie, O Binnorie!_
For gowd and pearls that were sae rare,
_By the bonny mill-dams o' Binnorie._

19.
You could na see her middle sma',
_Binnorie, O Binnorie!_
Her gowden girdle was sae bra',
_By the bonny mill-dams o' Binnorie._

20.
An' by there came a harper fine,
_Binnorie, O Binnorie!_
That harped to the king at dine,
_By the bonny mill-dams o' Binnorie._

21.
When he did look that lady upon,
_Binnorie, O Binnorie!_
He sigh'd and made a heavy moan,
_By the bonny mill-dams o' Binnorie._

22.
He's ta'en three locks o' her yallow hair,
_Binnorie, O Binnorie!_
And wi' them strung his harp sae fair,
_By the bonny mill-dams o' Binnorie._

23.
The first tune he did play and sing,
_Binnorie, O Binnorie!_
Was, 'Farewell to my father the king,'
_By the bonny mill-dams o' Binnorie._

24.
The nextin tune that he play'd syne,
_Binnorie, O Binnorie!_
Was, 'Farewell to my mother the queen,'
_By the bonny mill-dams o' Binnorie.