So far as I can tell, this particular song hasn't been posted here before. If memory serves, I think the set given below is pretty much as Isla sings it.
THE BONNIE FISHER LASS
(From The Scottish Folksinger, Norman Buchan and Peter Hall, 1973; collated from set[s] in Gavin Greig's Folk Songs of the North East and "oral versions".)
'Twas in the month of August,
One morning by the sea,
When violets and cowslips,
They so delighted me,
I met a pretty damsel,
For an Empress she might pass,
And my heart was captivated
By the bonnie fisher lass.
Chorus:
Her petticoats she wore so short
They came straight below her knee;
Her handsome leg and ankle
They so delighted me.
Her rosy cheeks, her yellow hair,
For an Empress she might pass,
And wi' her creel she daily toiled,
The bonnie fisher lass.
I stepped up beside her
And to her I did say,
"Why are you out so early,
Why are you going this way?"
She said "I'm going to look for bait,
Now allow me for to pass,
For our lines we must get ready,"
Said the bonnie fisher lass.
"When Father's out upon the sea
We're out upon the pier,
For we must dread in terror
And we must dread in fear,
Lest he should meet a watery grave
And be snatched from our grasp,
And we'd wander broken-hearted,"
Said the bonnie fisher lass.
A midi of the tune as given in the above-mentioned book goes to The Mudcat Midi Pages; meanwhile, it can be heard via the South Riding Folk Network site:
Suggested guitar chords are given (in each case matched to the syllable following) , as follows:
'Twas [D] in the month of [A7] August,
One [D] morning [A7] by the [D] sea,
When [G] violets and [C] cow [A7] slips,
They [D] so delighted me,
I [G] met a pretty [C] dam [A7] sel,
For an [D] Empress [C] she might [A7] pass,
And my [D] heart was captiv [A7] ated
By the [D] bonnie [A7] fisher [D] lass.