Gentle Annie-Stephen C. Foster

Gentle Annie
Lyrics by Stephen C. Foster

Robert Shaw Chorale

UCLA  대학합창단

1st verse

Thou will come no more, Gentle Annie,

Like a flow'r thy spirit did depart;
Thou art gone, alas! like the many
That have bloomed in the summer of my heart.
      (refrain)
     Shall we never more behold thee;
     Never hear thy winning voice again
     When the Springtime comes gentle Annie,
     When the wild flow'rs are scattered o'er the plain?
2nd verse

We have roamed and loved mid the bowers,
When thy downy cheeks were in their bloom;
Now I stand alone mid the flowers
While they mingle their perfumes o'er thy tomb.
3rd verse

Ah! the hours grow sad while I ponder
Near the silent spot where thou art laid,
And my heart bows down when I wander
By the streams and the meadows where we stray'd.

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