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Maxwelton [braes]1 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 snawdrift, 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 e'e; 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; 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.
1 Lady Scott: "banks"; further changes may exist not shown above.
Text Authorship:
- by William Douglas (1672? - 1748), "Annie Laurie" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Ben Moore (b. 1960), "Annie Laurie" [ medium-high voice and piano ], from 14 Songs, no. 12 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Alicia Ann Spottiswoode (1810 - 1900), as Lady John Douglas Scott, "Annie Laurie", published 1860? [ voice and piano ], London : Cramer, Beale & Co.; arranged with symphonies and accompaniments by Edward F. Rimbault [sung text not yet checked]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Julius Rodenberg (1831 - 1914) [an adaptation] ; composed by Hans Heinrich XIV, Graf Bolko von Hochberg, Adalbert Laszky.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- IRI Irish (Gaelic) [singable] (Gabriel Rosenstock) , "Annie Laurie", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2010-04-28
Line count: 24
Word count: 138
Maxwelton Braes nach álainn Is moch a thiteann drúcht Is is ann ’nocht Annie Laurie A croí dom féin faoi rún – A croí dom féin faoi rún, Nach ndéanfar air dearúd Is do m’ansacht Annie Laurie Do raghainnse féin san úir. A héadan mar an sneachta A píob mar eala tá, A cuntanós is breátha Ná tonnta ar an trá – Ná tonnta ar an trá Is dúghorm tá a súil’ Is do m’ansacht Annie Laurie Do raghainnse féin san úir. Mar dhrúcht ina luí ar nóinín Atá bonn a coise is fíor Is dá gcloisfeá guth mo stóirín Mar leoithne i gcoill – Mar leoithne i gcoill; Mar Bhanríon gheal na nDúl Is do m’ansacht Annie Laurie Do raghainnse féin san úir.
Text Authorship:
- Singable translation from English to Irish (Gaelic) copyright © 2014 by Gabriel Rosenstock.
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Based on:
- a text in English by William Douglas (1672? - 1748), "Annie Laurie"
This text was added to the website: 2014-12-26
Line count: 24
Word count: 124