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ANNIE LAURIE, by                    
First Line: Maxwelton's braes are bonnie
Last Line: I'd lay me doune and dee.


Maxwelton's braes are bonnie
Where early fa's the dew,
And it's there that Annie Laurie
Gie'd me her promise true;
Gie'd me her promise true,
Which ne'er forgot will be;
And for bonnie Annie Laurie
I'd lay me doune and dee.
Her brow is like the snaw drift;
Her throat is like the swan;
Her face it is the fairest
That e'er the sun shone on --
That e'er the sun shone on --
And dark blue is her ee;
And for bonnie Annie Laurie
I'd lay me doune and dee.
Like dew on the gowan lying
Is the fa' o' her fairy feet;
And like the winds in summer sighing,
Her voice is low and sweet --
Her voice is low and sweet --
And she's a' the world to me;
And for bonnie Annie Laurie
I'd lay me doune and dee.








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