Gentle Annie

This is one of Stephen C. Foster's tenderest songs. It was published in 1856. Background music is in the key of C.

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Thou wilt come no more, gen-tle An-nie

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Like a flow'r thy spir-it did de-part;

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Thou art gone, a-las! like the man-y

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That have bloomed in

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the sum-mer of my heart.

chorus

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Shall we nev-er more be-hold thee;

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Nev-er hear thy win-ning voice a-gain

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When the Spring-time comes, gen-tle An-nie,

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When the wild flow'rs

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are scat-tered o'er the plain?

verse 2
We have roamed and loved mid the bowers,
When thy downy cheeks were in their bloom;
Now I stand alone mid the flowers
While hey mingle their perfumes o'er thy tomb.

verse 3
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.