Lovely Annie
Source: Where The Linnets Sings (2026)
Location: Track 21
As I went a walking one morning in May,
I spied lovely Annie a making the hay.
And as she moved onward, the grass on each side,
Through a gap in the bushes my Annie I spied.
I went to the North Highlands to work by the day,
And when I returned, she was married away.
Though she swore to be constant, both loyal and true,
But now she has gone and left me, what will I do?
Far better transported, far better for aye,
My mind turns to madness since Annie’s away.
She was my first and false true-love, my treasure and store,
Oh Annie, lovely Annie, will I e’er see you more?
Some people tell me love has me led blind.
My master he says that he’ll have me confined,
That he’ll send me to Bedlam, bind me in strong chains.
For your sake, lovely Annie, I suffer those pains.
Come all you stout heroes, take a warning in time,
And never trust a red rose, or lily in prime.
For the green leaves will wither, and the branches decay,
And the roots they will torment you when the flowers fade away.