Annie Laurie.

X: 212
T: Annie Laurie.
C: music: [Alicia] Lady John Scott 1834/5
C: words: [William] Douglass of Fingland (1672?-1748)
%R: air, march
B: "The Everyday Song Book", 1927
F: http://www.library.pitt.edu/happybirthday/pdf/The_Everyday_Song_Book.pdf
Z: 2016 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: C
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w: 1.~Max-*wel-ton's braes are bon-nie, Where ear-ly fa's* the dew, And 'twas
w: 2.~Her* brow is like the snaw-drift, Her throat is like* the swan, Her*
w: 3.~Like* dew on th'gow-an ly-ing Is~th' fa'~o' her fair-*y feet, And like
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w: there that An-nie Lau-rit Gi'ed me her prom-ise true; Gi'ed
w: face it is the fair-est That e'er the sun shone on; That
w: winds in sm-mer sigh-ing, Her voice is low and sweet; Her
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w: me her prom-ise true, Which ne'er for-got will be, And for
w: e'er the sun shone on, And dark blue is her e'e, And for
w: voice is low and sweet, And she's a'~the world to me, And for
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w: bon-nie An-nie* Lau-rie, I'd* lay* me doon and dee.....*
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Alternative sources for this tune:

• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/EverydaySongBook/EverydaySongBook1/0432
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/EverydaySongBook/EverydaySongBook2/0432

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