lorena mckennitt'in sesinin en güçlü olduğu şarkılardan biridir. ilk dinlemeden sonra kafanın içinde dönüp durur sonra da kendini dinletir tekrar tekrar. bağımlılık yapar.
uzun şarkılar genelde sıkar insanı. ama bu sıkmıyor.
farklı müzik aletlerinin yakaladığı uyum inanılmaz şarkıda.
ozellikle de baglantisi paylasilan versiyonunda.
biraz da bu yüzden başa alıp alıp binlerce kere dinlenebilecek bir şarkı.
şarkının bir ilginç yanı da sözlerinin çocuk şarkılarının ki gibi olması.
evet gerçekten öyle. masal olur çok rahat, nesir gibi okunursa eğer.
ama o sözlerle müzik harmanlanınca biraz serte çalmış bir şarkı olmuş.
bunu başarmak her babayiğidin harcı değil.
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
