Annan Water

annan water

you loom so deep and wide

I'll cross over

if you would stem the tide

build a boat

that I might thwart the other side

to reach the farther shore

where my true love lies in wait for me

in wait for me

in wait for me

in wait for me

Oh gray river

your waters ramble while

the horses shiver

and bide against the bridal

but I will cross

if mine own horse is pulled from me

though my mother cries that if I try

I sure will drown it be

Will drown it be

will drown it be

will drown it be

but if you cull

and let me pass

you may render me a wreck

when I come back

so calm your waves

and slow the churn

and you may have my precious bones on my return

annan water

oh hear my true love's call

hear her holler

above your water's pall

god that I could

that my two arms could give me way

and I would cross your breath

and rest my breast about her amber ring

her amber ring

her amber ring

But if you cull

and let me pass

you may render me a wreck

when I come back

so calm your waves

and slow the churn

and you may have my precious bones

on my

on my

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