Binorie- Alexander Robb (Aber) c.1906 Greig B
[Fragment from Greig-Duncan Folk Song Collection with music, Lyle and Shuldham-Shaw, version B. Also found in Keith, Last Leaves and in the James Madison Carpenter Collection, JMC/1/8/1/H, p. 11912. This is associated with the standard Scottish text, Child M from Aberdeenshire.
R. Matteson 2018]
"Binorie" sung by Alex Robb of New Deer, Aberdeenshire, c. 1931
There wis twa maidens lived in a ha',
Binorie, Oh and Binorie,
And they had ae lad 'tween them twa,
And they ca'ed him the bonny miller's laddie.
Sister, Oh sister will ye tak my hand,
Binorie, Oh and Binorie,
and we'll go and see our father's fishing boat come to land,
On the bonny mill dams o' Binorie.
The eldest stood upon a steen,
[Binorie, Oh and Binorie,]
And the youngest came and shoved her in,
[On the bonny mill dams o' Binorie.]