Anna 'Annie' Laurie

ANNIE LAURIE

Annie Laurie is the daughter of Sir Robert Laurie of Maxwellton, and his second wife, Jean Riddell Darryl Lundy's Peerage

Sources

1. Darryl Lundy's Peerage
2. Wikipedia: Annie Laurie
3. and Fergusson DNA Project. The Lairds of Craigdarroch
4. Fergusson DNA Project. The Lairds of Craigdarroch

Lady John Scott Version of the Song: Maxwelton's Braes are Bonnie

Maxwelton's braes are bonnie,
Where early fa's the dew, 'Twas there that Annie Laurie Gi'ed me her promise true Gi'ed me her promise true - Which ne'er forgot will be, And for bonnie Annie Laurie I'd lay me down and dee.

Her brow is like the snaw-drift, Her neck is like the swan, Her face it is the fairest, That 'er the sun shone on. That 'er the sun shone on - And dark blue is her e'e, And for bonnie Annie Laurie I'd lay me down and dee.

Like dew on gowans lying, Is the fa' o' her fairy feet, And like winds, in simmer sighing, Her voice is low and sweet. Her voice is low and sweet - And she's a' the world to me; And for bonnie Annie Laurie I'd lay me down and dee.