Fair Annie of Lochroyan

Lyrics

[Verse 1] "Oh, who will shoe my bonny feet And who will glove my hand And who will kiss my rosy cheeks While you in a far off land?" "Your pa will shoe your bonny feet Your ma will glove your hand And I will kiss your rosy cheeks When I come back again" [Verse 2] "Oh, who will build a bonny ship And set her on the sea For I will go and seek my love My own love Gregory" Oh, up and spoke her father dear And a wealthy man was he And he has built a bonny ship And set her on the sea [Verse 3] Oh, he has built a bonny ship To sail upon the sea The mast was of the beaten gold As fine as it could be She had not sailed but twenty leagues But twenty leagues and three Whеn she met with a rank robber And all of his company [Verse 4] "Arе you the queen of heaven," he cried Come to pardon all our sins? Or are you the Mary Magdelene That was born at Bethlehem?" "l'm not the queen of heaven," said she "Come to pardon all your sins Nor I'm the Mary Magdelene That was born at Bethlehem [Verse 5] "But I am the lass of Lochroyan That's sailing on the sea To see if I can find my love My own love Gregory" "Oh, see you now yon bonny bower All covered o'er with thyme? And when you sailed around and about Lord Gregory is within" [Verse 6] "Now row the boat, my mariners And bring me to the land For it's now I see my true love's castle Close by the salt sea strand" She sailed it around and sailed it around And loud and long cried she "Now break, now break your fairy charms And set my true love free" [Verse 7] She has taken her young son in her arms And to the door she's gone And long she's knocked and loud she's called But answer she's got none "Open the door, Lord Gregory Open and let me in The wind blows cold, blows cold, my love The rain drops from my chin [Verse 8] "The shoe is frozen to my feet The glove unto my hand The wet drops from my frozen hair And I can scarcely stand" Up then and spoke his ill mother As mean as she could be "You're not the lass of the Lochroyan She is far out o'er the sea [Verse 9] "Away, away, you ill woman You don't come here for good You're but some witch who strolls about Or a mermaid of the flood" "Now open the doors, love Gregory Open the doors I pray For thy young son is in my arms And will be dead ere it is day" [Verse 10] "Ye lie, ye lie, ye ill woman So loud I hear ye lie For Annie of the Lochroyan Is far out o'er the sea" Fair Annie turned her round and about "Well, since this all is so May never a woman that's bourne a son Have a heart so full of woe" [Verse 11] When the cock had crow'n and the day had dawned And the sun begun to peep Up then and raised Lord Gregory And sore, sore did he weep "Oh, I have dreamt a dream, mother The thought it grieves me great That fair Annie of the Lochroyan Lay dead at my bed feet" [Verse 12] "If it be for Annie of the Lochroyan You make all of this moan She stood last night at your bower window But I have sent her home" Oh, he's gone down unto the shore To see what he could see And there he saw fair Annie's barque Come a-roarin' o'er the sea [Verse 13] "Oh Annie, oh Annie," loud he cried "Oh Annie, oh Annie, my dear" But all the loud that he did cry Fair Annie she could not hear The wind blew loud, the waves rose high And dashed the boat on shore Fair Annie's corpse was in the foam The babe rose never more [Verse 14] Then first he kissed her pale, pale cheeks And then he kissed her chin And then he kissed her cold, cold lips There was no breath within "Oh, woe betide my ill mother An ill death may she die She has not been the death of one But she has been the death of three" [Verse 15] Then he took out a little dart That hung down by his side And thrust it through and through his heart And then fell down and died