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SHE LIVES WITH HER OWN GRANNY DEAR, by                    
First Line: Cries william when first come from sea
Last Line: "grenadier! Did you say, etc"
Subject(s): Grandparents;laughter;pain; Grandmothers;grandfathers;great Grandfathers;great Grandmothers;suffering;misery


Cries William when first come from sea
"Does anyone know my Annette?
Oh! say is she faithful to me?
Alas! 'tis so long since we met!"

"Yes, yes," an old gossip replies,
"We all know her very well here,
She has red lips and bonny black eyes,
And she lives with her own granny, dear."
"Grenadier! did you say? Did you say grenadier?"
"Yes, yes," the old gossip replied,
"She lives with her own granny, dear."
"Oh, dear! oh, dear!"

Annette flew to welcome him home
But he turned from the maid with disdain.
"False girl! I suppose you are come
To jeer me and laugh at my pain.
Since scandal has blotted your name
I deem you unworthy a tear;
I've been told by an elderly dame
That you live with your own grenadier."
"Grenadier! did you say," etc.





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