Loreena McKennitt - The Bonny Swans 2006 Live

A farmer there lived in the north country

A hey ho bonny o

And he had daughters one, two, three

The swans swim so bonny o

These daughters they walked by the river's brim

A hey ho bonny o

The eldest pushed the youngest in

The swans swim so bonny o

Oh sister, oh sister, pray lend me your hand

With a hey ho a bonny o

And I will give you house and land

The swans swim so bonny o

I'll give you neither hand nor glove

With a hey ho a bonny o

Unless you give me your own true love

The swans swim so bonny o

Sometimes she sank, sometimes she swam

With a hey ho and a bonny o

Until she came to a miller's dam

The swans swim so bonny o

The miller's daughter, dressed in red

With a hey ho and a bonny o

She went for some water to make some bread

The swans swim so bonny o

Oh father, oh daddy, here swims a swan

With a hey ho and a bonny o

It's very like a gentle woman

The swans swim so bonny o

They placed her on the bank to dry

With a hey ho and a bonny o

There came a harper passing by

The swans swim so bonny o

He made harp pins of her fingers fair

With a hey ho and a bonny o

He made harp strings of her golden hair

The swans swim so bonny o

He made a harp of her breast bone

With a hey ho and a bonny o

And straight it began to play alone

The swans swim so bonny o

He brought it to her father's hall

With a hey ho and a bonny o

And there was the court, assembled all

The swans swim so bonny o

He laid the harp upon a stone

With a hey ho and a bonny o

And straight it began to play lone

The swans swim so bonny o

And there does sit my father the King

With a hey ho and a bonny o

And yonder sits my mother the Queen

The swans swim so bonny o

And there does sit my brother Hugh

With a hey ho and a bonny o

And by him William, sweet and true

The swans swim so bonny o

And there does sit my false sister, Anne

With a hey ho and a bonny o

Who drowned me for the sake of a man

The swans swim so bonny o

Loreena McKennitt - Night Ride Across the Caucasus 1997

Ride on through the night, ride on
Ride on through the night, ride on

There are visions, there are memories
There are echoes of thundering hooves
There are fires, there is laughter
There's the sound of a thousand doves

In the velvet of the darkness
By the silhouette of silent trees
They are watching, they are waiting
They are witnessing life's mysteries

Cascading stars on the slumbering hills
They are dancing as far as the sea
Riding o'er the land, you can feel its gentle hand
Leading on to its destiny

Take me with you on this journey
Where the boundaries of time are now tossed
In cathedrals of the forest
In the words of the tongues now lost

Find the answers, ask the questions
Find the roots of an ancient tree
Take me dancing, take me singing
I'll ride on till the moon meets the sea

Alan Stivell - Marv Pontkellec 1972

Alan Stivell - Ys 1972