Upon a morning fair and clear,
Binnorie, O Binnorie!
She cried upon her sister dear,
By the bonny mill-dams o' Binnorie.
"O sister, come to yon sea strand,25
Binnorie, O Binnorie!
And see our father's ships come to land,"
By the bonny mill-dams o' Binnorie.
She's ta'en her by the milk-white hand,
Binnorie, O Binnorie!30
And led her down to yon sea strand,
By the bonny mill-dams o' Binnorie.
The youngest stood upon a stane,
Binnorie, O Binnorie!
The eldest came and threw her in,35
By the bonny mill-dams o' Binnorie.
She took her by the middle sma'
Binnorie, O Binnorie!
And dashed her bonny back to the jaw,
By the bonny mill-dams o' Binnorie.40
"O sister, sister, tak my hand,
Binnorie, O Binnorie!
And I'se mak ye heir to a' my land,
By the bonny mill-dams o' Binnorie.
"O sister, sister, tak my middle,45
Binnorie, O Binnorie!
And ye's get my goud and my gouden girdle,
By the bonny mill-dams o' Binnorie.
"O sister, sister, save my life,
Binnorie, O Binnorie!50
And I swear I'se never be nae man's wife,"
By the bonny mill-dams o' Binnorie.
"Foul fa' the hand that I should tak,
Binnorie, O Binnorie!
It twin'd me o' my warldes mak,55
By the bonny mill-dams o' Binnorie.