This is a sad song, Willie Moore is in love with Annie, but Annie's parents disagree with them together, and finally Annie jumped to the river, and Willie Moore was alone in the distant sadness.
Willie Moorewillie Moore Was A King, His Age Twenty-One Coured A MAIDEN FAIR; HER EES WERE LIKE TWO Diamonds Bright Raven Black Was Her Her, HMMM HMMM HMMM ...
He Courted Her Both Day and Night, To Marry Him She Did Agree, But by Went To Get Her Parents' Consent, They Said, "This Could Never Be," HMMM, HMMM, HMMM ...
"I Love Willie Moore," Sweet Annie Replied, "Sweet Annie Replied," Sweet Annie Replied, "Better Than I Love My Life, and L Would Rather Die Than Weep Here and Cry, Never to Be His Wife," HMMM, HMMM, HMMM ...
That Very Same Night Sweet Anne Disappeared, They Searched The Country 'Round in A Little Stream Down By The Cabin Door, The Body of Sweet Annie Was Found' Hmmm, Hmmm, HMM
Sweet Annie's Parents The Body Cries, ONE MOURns, The Other Cries, in A Little Grave Down by The Cabin Door The Body Of Sweet Annie Now Lies.
Willie Moore Scarce Spoke That Anyone Knew, Soon from His Friends Did Part; and The Last Head of Him Was He's on Montreal Where He Died of a Broken Heart.
