Annan Water-The Decemberists

[00:12.00]@ @ [00:17.00] [00:42.59]Annan Water, you loom so deep and wide [00:52.50]I would cross over if you would stem the tide [01:01.34]I'll build a boat that I might ford the other side [01:11.16]To reach the farthest shore where my true love lies in wait for me [01:22.65]In wait for me [01:26.76]In wait for me [01:31.86]In wait for me [01:35.39] [01:39.08]O grey river, your waters ramble wild [01:48.56]The horses shiver and bite against the bridle [01:57.73]But I will cross if mine own horse is pulled from me [02:07.66]Though my mother cries that if I try, I sure will drowned be [02:19.16]Will drowned be [02:23.66]Will drowned be [02:28.29]Will drowned be [02:32.53] [02:33.83]And if you calm, and let me pass [02:42.96]You may render me a wreck when I come back [02:52.29]So calm you waves and slow the churn [03:01.59]And you may have my precious bones on my return [03:09.74] [03:32.54]Annan Water, O hear my true love's call [03:41.40]Here her holler above your water's pall [03:51.08]God that I could, that my two arms could give me wing [03:59.90]And I would cross your breadth and wrap my breast about her amber ring [04:12.50]Her amber ring [04:17.05]Her amber ring [04:21.59]Her amber ring [04:25.52] [04:26.51]But if you calm and let me pass [04:35.66]You may render me a wreck when I come back [04:44.55]So calm you waves and slow the churn [04:54.51]You may have my precious bones on my [05:02.62]On my return [05:11.17]