The Bonny Swans-Loreena Mckennitt

      The Bonny Swans来源一个古诗歌，Loreena自己谱曲填词，在这之前则是作为单曲发行的。 这首歌曲描述的是一个古老的爱尔兰传说：“三姐妹走在小河边，妒忌的大姐突然把小妹妹推落到河里，因为小妹妹得到了王子的真爱。小妹妹一路求救，一路漂流……淹死了的小妹妹，变成了一只美丽的金色天鹅，被好心人捞起。刚好一个乐器工匠从那路过，他用天鹅的羽毛和骨头做成了一把美丽的竖琴，弹奏出动人的乐曲。竖琴最终被工匠送到了王宫，恶毒的大姐早已如愿以偿的成为王子的新娘，而竖琴也默默的陪伴着王子……” 美丽忧伤的故事，歌曲旋律相当简单，但编制精美，浓重的爱尔兰风格，Loreena 的柔美唱腔以及这动人的传说，让人不断的回味，久久不能忘怀。 

    罗琳娜·麦肯尼特（Loreena Isabel Irene McKennitt，1957年2月17日－），出生于加拿大曼尼托巴省草原地区的一个小城镇（Modern）。
    她是加拿大著名的爱尔兰竖琴演奏家、键盘手，以及歌手。以创作、表演凯尔特和中东风格音乐以及女高音演唱而闻名。


歌词：

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 to 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 gentlewoman
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 breastbone
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

 

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