Loreena McKennitt - Annachie Gordon Lyrics
Harking is bonny and there lives my loveMy love lies on him and cannot removeIt cannot remove for all that I have doneAnd I never will forget my love AnnachieFor Annachie Gordon, he's bonny and he's brightHe'd entice any woman that e'er, e'er he sawHe'd entice any woman and so he has done meAnd I never will forget my love AnnachieDown came her father, he's standing at the doorSaying, "Jeannie, you are trying the tricks of a whoreYou care nothing for a man who cares so very much for theeYou must marry Lord Sultan and leave AnnachieFor Annachie Gordon, he's barely but a manAlthough he may be pretty but where are his lands?For the Sultan's lands are broad and his towers, they run highYou must marry Lord Sultan and leave Annachie""With Annachie Gordon I beg for my breadBefore I marry Sultan, his gold to my headWith gold to my head and straight down to my kneeAnd I'll die if I don't get my love AnnachieAnd you who are my parents, to church you may me bringBut unto Lord Sultan I'll never bear a sonTo a son or a daughter I'll never bow my kneeAnd I'll die if I don't get my love Annachie"Jeannie was married and from church was brought homeWhen she and her maidens so merry should have beenWhen she and her maidens so merry should have beenShe goes into her chamber and cries all alone"Come to my bed, my Jeannie, my honey and my sweetTo stile you my mistress, it would be so sweet""Be it mistress or Jeanne, it's all the same to meBut in your bed, Lord Sultan, I never will lie"And down came her father, he's spoken with reknownSaying, "You who are her maidens, go loosen up her gowns"And she fell down to the floor and straight down to her knee saying"Father, look I'm dying for my love Annachie"The day that Jeanne married was the day that Jeannie diedAnd the day that young Annachie came home on the tideAnd down came her maidens all wringing of their handsSaying, "Oh it's been so long, you've been so long on the sandsSo long on the sands, so long upon the floodsThey have married your Jeannie and now she lies dead""You who are her maidens, come take me by the handAnd lead me to the chamber where my love, she lies in"And he kissed her cold lips 'til his heart, it turned to stoneAnd he died in the chamber that his love, she lies in
