The Music Of Scotland



    Annie Laurie

    Maxwelton's braes are bonnie
    Where early fa's the dew
    And 'twas there that Annie Laurie
    Gave me her promise true.
    Gave me her promise true
    Which ne'er forgot will be
    And for bonnie Annie Laurie
    I'd lay me doon and dee.

    Her brow is like the snowdrift
    Her throat is like the swan
    Her face it is the fairest
    That e'er the sun shone on.
    That e'er the sun shone on
    And dark blue is her e'e
    And for bonnie Annie Laurie
    I'd lay me doon and dee.

    Like dew on th'gowan lying
    Is th' fa' o'her fairy feet
    And like the winds in summer sighing
    Her voice is low and sweet.
    Her voice is low and sweet
    And she's a' the world to me
    And for bonnie Annie Laurie
    I'd lay me doon and dee.


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