English Fairy Tales by Unknown
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And yonder sits my mother, the queen;
By the bonny mill-dams o' Binnorie, "And yonder stands my brother Hugh, Binnorie, O Binnorie; And by him, my William, false and true; By the bonny mill-dams o' Binnorie." Then they all wondered, and the harper told them how he had seen the princess lying drowned on the bank near the bonny mill-dams o' Binnorie, and how he had afterwards made this harp out of her hair and breast-bone. Just then the harp began singing again, and this was what it sang out loud and clear: "And there sits my sister who drowned me By the bonny mill-dams o' Binnorie." And the harp snapped and broke, and never sang more. MOUSE AND MOUSER The Mouse went to visit the Cat, and found her sitting behind the hall door, spinning. MOUSE. What are you doing, my lady, my lady, What are you doing, my lady? CAT (_sharply_). I'm spinning old breeches, good body, good body |
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