Key: Bb minor•
Verse 1
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Lord Thomas was a very fine man
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Went oot to hunt his career.
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Fair Annie she was the fairest woman
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That ever the sun shone on.
Verse 2
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Lord Thomas he spoke a word in jest,
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And Annie she took it ill.
He said, 'I'll marry nane o'
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Withoot my parents' will.'
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Then Thomas he is hame to his mither
And bowed low doon til his knee,
O shall I wed the nut- brown may
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Or shall I wed fair Annie?
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Or shall I wed fair Annie?
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Verse 4
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The nut- brown maid she
has cows and ewes,
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Fair Annie she has nane,
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And for my blessin's, my son Thomas,
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I pray ye let her alane,
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I pray ye let her alane.
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Then oot it spak his little sister,
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Stood by her nurse's knee.
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And let the ither yen be.'
Verse 6
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'A coo may dee in her calvin,
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An ox may droon in the mire,
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But marry ye your fair Annie,
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Ye'll get your heart's desire,
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Ye'll get your
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heart's desire.'
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'A coo may dee in her calvin,
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Or an ox may hing in the ploo,
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But marry ye your fair Annie,
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And ye'll get gear eneugh.'
Verse 8
Lord Thomas he's gane to
Annie's bower door,
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Nae readier was than fair Annie
To let Lord Thomas in,
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To let Lord Thomas in.
Verse 9
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It's will ye come to my weddin',
Annie?
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The morn's tae be the day.
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Unless the bride I be.'
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Verse 10
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And Annie gaed doon the glen.
An' Annie shone as fair her lane
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As Thomas and a' his men.
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As Thomas and a' his men.
Verse 11
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O where got ye the water, Annie,
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That washed ye sae clean?
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I got it by my mither's bower door
Beneath a marble stane,
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Beneath a marble stane.
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Verse 12
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O, ye maun wear my hat, Annie,
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And ye maun wear my glove.
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Until my wife hae born a son.
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And that will end our love,
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I winna wear your hat, Lord Thomas,
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I winna wear your glove,
But ye maun gie't your nut- brown bride,
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Tae her ye's constant prove.
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Tae her ye's constant prove.
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Then he sent hame wi' fair Annie
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His hairt and his
hairt's bleid,
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But ere the hour of twal o the clock
Fair Annie she was deid,
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Fair Annie she was deid.
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And tirled low at the pin,
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To let Lord Thomas in.
Verse 16
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O deal ye weel at my lover's lyke
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The white breid and the wine.
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And ere the morn at
twelve o' the clock
Ye'll deal as weel at mine.
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Ye'll deal as weel at mine.
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The ane was laid in Mary's kirk
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And the ither in Mary's choir,
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And fae the yen, there sprang a birk
Frae the ither a bonny sweet brier,
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Frae the ither a bonny sweet brier.
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