3
'O sister, O sister, will ye go to the dams,
To hear the blackbird thrashin oer his songs?
At the,' etc.
4
'O sister, O sister, will ye go to the dams,
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,
Till they heard the blackbird thrashin oer his tune,
At the, etc.
6
They hadna been an oor at the dams
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,
An the eldest ane dang the youngest in,
I the, etc.
8
She swam up, an she swam doon,
An she swam back to her sister again,
I the, etc.
9
'O sister, O sister, len me your han,
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,
But ye was fair and I was din,
And yes droon i the dams o Binorie.'
11
The miller's daughter she cam oot,
For water to wash her father's hans,
Frae the, etc.
12
'O father, O father, ye will fish your dams,
An ye'll get a white fish or a swan,
I the,' etc.