Key: C
Introduction:
C G7(4) C Dm7 C/E
Buchan is bonny and there lives my love
F C C/B Am7 Am7/G F
My heart it lies on him and will not re- move
C C9/B F/A G7(4) C
It will not re-move, oh for all that I have done
Dm7 C/E F C C/B Am7 Am7/G F F9
Oh I never will forget my love Ana- chie
verse 2
C G7(4) C Dm7 C/E
For Annachie Gordon, oh he's bonny and he's braw
F C C/B Am7 Am7/G F
He'd entice any woman that ever him saw
C C9/B F/A G7(4) C
He'd entice any woman and so he has done me
Dm7 C/E F C C/B Am7 Am7/G F F9
Oh never will I forget my love Annachie
verse 3
C G7(4) C Dm7 C/E
Down came her father, standing on the floor
F C C/B Am7 Am7/G F
Saying Jeanie you're trying the tricks of a whore
C C9/B F/A G7(4) C
You care nothing for a man who cares so very much for thee
Dm7 C/E F C C/B Am7 Am7/G F F9
You must marry with Lord Salton and leave Young Annachie
C G7(4) C Dm7 C/E
For Annachie Gordon he's only but a man
F C C/B Am7 Am7/G F
Although he may be pretty but where are all his lands
C C9/B F/A G7(4) C
Salton's lands are broad and his towers they stand high
Dm7 C/E F C C/B Am7 Am7/G F F9
You must marry with Lord Salton and forget Young Annachie
verse 4
C G7(4) C Dm7 C/E
With Annachie Gordon oh I'd beg for my bread
F C C/B Am7 Am7/G F
Before that I'd marry Salton with gold to my head
C C9/B F/A G7(4) C
With gold to my head and with gowns fringed to the knee
Dm7 C/E F C C/B Am7 Am7/G F F9
Oh I'll die if I don't get my love Annachie
C G7(4) C Dm7 C/E
And you that are my parents oh to church you may me bring
F C C/B Am7 Am7/G F
Ah but unto Lord Salton Oh I'll never bear a son
C C9/B F/A G7(4) C
A son or a daughter oh I'll never bow my knee
Dm7 C/E F C C/B Am7 Am7/G F F9
Oh, I'll die if I don't get my love Annachie
Verse 5
C G7(4) C Dm7 C/E
When Jeanie was married and from church she was brought home
F C C/B Am7 Am7/G F
And she and her maidens so merry should have been
C C9/B F/A G7(4) C
When she and her maidens so merry should have been
Dm7 C/E F C C/B Am7 Am7/G F F9
Oh she's gone to a chamber and she's crying all alone
Verse 6
C G7(4) C Dm7 C/E
Come to bed now Jeanie, oh my honey and my sweet
F C C/B Am7 Am7/G F
For to style you my mistress it would not be meet
C C9/B F/A G7(4) C
Oh it's mistress or Jeanie it's all the same to me
Dm7 C/E F C C/B Am7 Am7/G F F9
For it's in your bed Lord Salton I never shall be
C G7(4) C Dm7 C/E
And up and spoke her father and he's spoken with renown
F C C/B Am7 Am7/G F
All you who are her maidens won't you loosen off her gown
C C9/B F/A G7(4) C
But she fell down in a swoon, so low down by their knees
Dm7 C/E F C C/B Am7 Am7/G F F9
Saying Look on for I'm dying for my love Annachie
Verse 7
C G7(4) C Dm7 C/E
The day that Jeanie married was the day that Jeanie died
F C C/B Am7 Am7/G F
That's the day that young Annachie come rolling from the tide
C C9/B F/A G7(4) C
And Down came her maidens and they're wringing of their hands
Dm7 C/E F C C/B Am7 Am7/G F F9
Saying woe to you Annachie for staying from the sands
C C9/B F/A G7(4) C
So long from the land and so long upon the flood
Dm7 C/E F C C/B Am7 Am7/G F F9
Oh they've married your Jeanie and now she is dead
Verse 8
C G7(4) C Dm7 C/E
All you that are her maidens won't you take me by the hand
F C C/B Am7 Am7/G F
Won't you lead me to the chamber that my love lies in
C C9/B F/A G7(4) C
And he's kissed her cold lips until his heart turned to stone
Dm7 C/E F C C/B Am7 Am7/G F F9
And he's died in the chamber where his true love lay in