There were two sisters lived in a bower   Binorrie, oh Binorrie   There came a knight to be their wooer   By the bonny mill dams o' Binorrie      He courted the eldest with glove and ring   Binorrie, oh Binorrie   But he loved the youngest above anything   By the bonny mill dams o' Binorrie      The eldest she was vexed sair   Binorrie, oh Binorrie   She being so grim and the other so fair   By the bonny mill dams o' Binorrie      One morning that was fine and clear   Binorrie, oh Binorrie   she called upon her sister dear   By the bonny mill dams o' Binorrie      'Sister, oh sister, will you take a walk   Binorrie, oh Binorrie   To hear the small birds whistle their notes?'   By the bonny mill dams o' Binorrie      The youngest stood all on a stone   Binorrie, oh Binorrie   And by came the eldest and pushed her in   By the bonny mill dams o' Binorrie      'Sister, oh sister, reach out your hand   Binorrie, oh Binorrie   And I'll give you my gold and land'   By the bonny mill dams o' Binorrie      'Sister, I'll not reach out my hand   Binorrie, oh Binorrie   For all your gold and all your land'   By the bonny mill dams o' Binorrie      'Sister, oh sister, reach out your glove   Binorrie, oh Binorrie   And I promise Sir William will be your true love'   By the bonny mill dams o' Binorrie      'Sister, I'll not reach out my glove   Binorrie, oh Binorrie   For I know Sir William will be my love'   By the bonny mill dams o' Binorrie      Sometimes she sank, sometimes she swam   Binorrie, oh Binorrie   Until she came to the meal miller's dam   By the bonny mill dams o' Binorrie      The miller's son came riding by   Binorrie, oh Binorrie   And he saw this maid come floating in   By the bonny mill dams o' Binorrie      'Father, oh father, come to your dam   Binorrie, oh Binorrie   It's either a mermaid or a milk-white swan'   By the bonny mill dams o' Binorrie      His father he hastened to his dam   Binorrie, oh Binorrie   And he pulled out a drowned maiden   By the bonny mill dams o' Binorrie      By there came a maestro fine   Binorrie, oh Binorrie   Who plays for nobility while they dine   By the bonny mill dams o' Binorrie      And he took three strands of her long yellow hair   Binorrie, oh Binorrie   And with them strung his fiddle so rare   By the bonny mill dams o' Binorrie      And then the fiddle was heard to sing   Binorrie, oh Binorrie   'Yonder sits my father the king'   By the bonny mill dams o' Binorrie      And then as plain as plain could be   Binorrie, oh Binorrie   'Yonder sits my sister, who drowned me'   By the bonny mill dams o' Binorrie.