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Willie moore was a young man, his age 21 and he courted a damsel fair |
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Oh, her eyes were as white as a diamond after night and a wavy jet black wore her hair |
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He courted her by night and day until marriage they did agree |
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Oh, but when he came to get her parents' consent they said it could never be |
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She threw herself in willie moore's hands as often they've done before |
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Oh, but little did he think as he left her that night, sweet annie he would see no more |
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It was about the 10th of may, a time i remember it well |
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That very same night little annie disappeared in a way no tongue can tell |
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Sweet annie was loved both far and near, she had friends almost all around |
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And near a little brook not far from her home the body of sweet annie were found |
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Her parents now are left alone, one mourns while the other'n weeps |
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And near a grassy mound outside the cottage door the body of sweet annie sleeps |
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Willie moore scarcely spoke to his friends they say from the moment they both did part |
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And his last day was spent near his true lover's grave where he died of a broken heart |