You could not see her yellow hair, _Binnorie, O Binnorie_; 70 For gowd and pearls that were so rare; _By the bonny milldams of Binnorie_. You could not see her middle sma', _Binnorie, O Binnorie_; Her gowden girdle was sae bra'; 75 _By the bonny milldams of Binnorie_. A famous harper passing by, _Binnorie, O Binnorie_; The sweet pale face he chanced to spy; _By the bonny milldams of Binnorie_. 80 And when he looked that lady on, _Binnorie, O Binnorie_; He sigh'd and made a heavy moan; _By the bonny milldams of Binnorie_. He made a harp of her breast-bone, 85 _Binnorie, O Binnorie_; Whose sounds would melt a heart of stone; _By the bonny milldams of Binnorie_. The strings he framed of her yellow hair, _Binnorie, O Binnorie_; 90 Whose notes made sad the listening ear; _By the bonny milldams of Binnorie_. He brought it to her father's hall, _Binnorie, O Binnorie_; And there was the court assembled all; 95 _By the bonny milldams of Binnorie_. He laid his harp upon a stone, _Binnorie, O Binnorie_; And straight it began to play alone; _By the bonny milldams of Binnorie_. 100 "O yonder sits my father, the king, _Binnorie, O Binnorie_; And yonder sits my mother, the queen;" _By the bonny milldams of Binnorie_. "And yonder stands my brother Hugh, 105 _Binnorie, O Binnorie_; And by him my William, sweet and true." _By the bonny milldams of Binnorie_. But the last tune that the harp play'd then, _Binnorie, O Binnorie_; 110 Was--"Woe to my sister, false Helen!" _By the bonny milldams of Binnorie_. THE TWA SISTERS. _Verbatim_ (with one interpolated stanza) from the recitation of Mrs. Brown. Jamieson's _Popular Ballads_, i. 50. There was twa sisters liv'd in a bower, _Bínnorie, O Bínnorie_! There came a knight to be their wooer, _By the bonny mill-dams o' Binnorie_. He courted the eldest wi' glove and ring, 5 _Binnorie, O Binnorie_! But he loved the youngest aboon a' thing, _By the bonny mill-dams o' Binnorie_. He courted the eldest wi' broach and knife, _Binnorie, O Binnorie_! 10 But he loved the youngest as his life, _By the bonny mill-dams o' Binnorie_.