2
'O sister, sister, gang down to yon sand,
And see your father's ships coming to dry land.'
3
O they have gane down to yonder sand,
To see their father's ships coming to dry land.
4
'Gae set your fit on yonder stane,
Till I tye up your silken goun.'
5
She set her fit on yonder stane,
And the auldest drave the youngest in.
6
'O sister, sister, tak me by the hand,
And ye'll get a' my father's land.
7
'O sister, sister, tak me by the gluve,
An ye'll get Willy, my true luve.'
8
She had a switch into her hand,
And ay she drave her frae the land.
9
O whiles she sunk, and whiles she swam,
Until she swam to the miller's dam.
10
The miller's daughter gade doun to Tweed,
To carry water to bake her bread.
11
'O father, O father, what's yon in the dam?
It's either a maid or a milk-white swan.'