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" Her throat is like the swan; Her face it is the fairest That e'er the sun shone on— That e'er the sun shone on— And dark blue is her ee; And for bonnie Annie Laurie I'd lay me doun and dee. Like dew on the gowan lying Is the fa... "
Curious Questions in History, Literature, Art, and Social Life: Designed as ... - Page 88
by Sarah Hutchins Killikelly - 1889
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Songs of Ireland and Other Lands: Being a Collection of the Most Popular ...

1847 - 906 pages
...forgot will be ; And for bonnie Annie Laurie I'd lay me doun aud dee. Her brow is like the snaw-drift, Her throat is like the swan, Her face it is the fairest...That e'er the sun shone on ; And dark blue is her ee ; And for bouuie -Annie Laurie I'd lay me douu aud dee. Like dew on the gowan lying Is the fa' o'...
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Notes from a Journal Kept in Italy and Sicily, During the Years 1844, 1845 ...

John George Francis - 1847 - 388 pages
...quaint spires of Lucerne mirrored in the wave — but Italy, fair Italy, can never be forgotten — " Her face it is the fairest that e'er the sun shone on ! " Its memory lingers even now like the fascination of a drcfim, and claims the last farcwoll. Farewell...
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The illustrated book of Scottish songs

Scottish songs - 1852 - 356 pages
...forgot will be ; And for bonnie Annie Laurie I'd lay me doun and dee. Her brow is like the snaw-drift, Her throat is like the swan, Her face it is the fairest...; That e'er the sun shone on, And dark blue is her ee ; And for bonnie Annie Laurie I'd lay me doun and dee. Like dew on the gowan lying, Is the fa' o'...
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Davidson's Universal Melodist: Consisting of the Music and Words ..., Volume 1

1853 - 456 pages
...will be; Aad for bon-nie An - nie Lnu- ríe I'd lay me doune an* Her brow is like the snaw-drift ; Her throat is like the swan ; Her face it is the fairest, That e'er the sun shone on ; And dark blue is her e'e : • And for bonnie Annie Laurie I'd lav me <1оппр nn' dee. Like dew...
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Ainsworth's Magazine: A Miscellany of Romance, General Literature ..., Volume 24

William Harrison Ainsworth - 1853 - 564 pages
...will give him his due — he would not dare to utter a word in disparagement of yonder — inasmuch as Her face it is the fairest That e'er the sun shone on — Annie Laurie description of girl — unless, indeed, she were to offend him. But there is this...
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The Illustrated Book of Scottish Songs: From the Sixteenth to the Nineteenth ...

1854 - 356 pages
...forgot will be ; 'And for bonnie Annie Laurie I'd lay me doun and dee. Her brow is like the snaw-drift, Her throat is like the swan, Her face it is the fairest...; That e'er the sun shone on, And dark blue is her ee ; And for bonnie Annie Laurie I'd lay me doun and dee. Like dew on the gowan lying, Is the fa' o'...
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Songs of Scotland, ed. by C. Mackay

Charles Mackay - 1857 - 366 pages
...doun and dee. Her brow is like the snaw-drift, Her neck is like the swan, Her face it is the faix-est That e'er the sun shone on ; That e'er the sun shone on, And dark blue is her ee ; And for bonnie Annie Laurie I'd lay me doun and dee. Like dew on the gowan lying, Is the fa' o'...
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The book of modern songs, ed. by J.E. Carpenter

Joseph Edwards Carpenter - 1858 - 322 pages
...her promise true, Which ne'er forgot will be ; And for bonnie Annie Laurie I'd lay me donn and dee. Her face it is the fairest That e'er the sun shone...on, That e'er the sun shone on; And dark blue is her ee; And for bonnie Annie Laurie I'd lay me doun and dee. Like dew on the gowan lying Is the fa' o'...
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The Arkansas Traveller's Songster: Containing the Celebrated Story of the ...

1864 - 76 pages
...be, And for bonnie Annie Laurie I'd lay me down and dee. Her brow is like the snow-drift, Her neck is like the swan, Her face it is the fairest That...— That e'er the sun shone on, And dark blue is her e'e; And for bounie Annie Laurie, etc. Like dew on the gowan lying, Is the fa' o' her fairy feet ;...
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History of the Burgh of Dumfries

William M'Dowall - 1867 - 940 pages
...heroine of a song which has rendered her charms immortal: — " Her brow is like the snaw-drift, Her neck is like the swan. Her face it is the fairest That...That e'er the sun shone on ; And dark blue is her e'e ! And for bonnie Annie Laurie I'd lay me down and die." The well-known lyric of which these lines...
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