Classic Poem

1.

There was an old woman lived on the sea shore,
Hey oh, my Nanny!
She had some daughters, some three or four,
And the swim swom bonny.

2.

He gave to her a guinea gold ring,
And to the other, much nicer thing.

3.

" Dear Sister, dear Sister, let's take a walk
To see the ships a-sailing o'er.

4.

As they were walking along the sea shore,
The oldest pushed the youngest o'er.

5.

It's first she sank and then she swam.
And she swum till she come to the miller's dam.

6.

The miller's daughter a-being at need
For to get some water to mix her bread.

7.

(Crying) " Miller, oh miller, it's stop your mill,
For yonder comes a swan or a milk white maid. "

8.

The miller threw out his old grab hook;
He fetched her safely from the brook.

9.

The miller got her pretty gold ring,
And pushed her back in the brook again.

10.

It's first she sank and then she swam.
Till she came to her eternal home.

11.

The miller was hung in his own mill-gate,
For drowning of my sister Kate.