English Folk Songs from the Southern Appalachians

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	No. 14
	Fair Annie

	2 She took her spy glass in her hands And out of doors she went; She looked to the East, West, both North and South, And looked all under the sun. 3 She thought she saw Lord Thomas a-coming, All bringing his new briden home. She called her own seven sons : I think I see your father a-coming And bringing your step-mother home. 4 Come down, come down, dear mother they did say, Some clothing to put on. Saying: All of his merry, merry, merry maids Might as well to come as one. 5 Fair Annie she had a silken towel Hanging on a silver pin, And she wiped out her watery eyes As she walked out and in. 6 The rest of them drunk ale, beer and wine, But fair Annie she drunk cold well water To keep her spirits alive.
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