Annan water 

You loom so deep and wide 

I'll cross over 

If you would stem the tide 

Build a boat 

That I might thwart the other side 

To reach the farther shore 

Where my true love lies in wait for me 

In wait for me 

In wait for me 

In wait for me 



Oh, gray river 

Your waters ramble while 

The horses shiver 

And bide against the bridal 

But I will cross 

If mine own horse is pulled from me 

Though my mother cries that if I try 

I sure will drown it be 

Will drown it be 

Will drown it be 

Will drown it be 



But if you cull 

And let me pass 

You may render me a wreck 

When I come back 

So calm your waves 

And slow the churn 

And you may have my precious bones on my return 



Annan water 

Oh hear my true love's call 

Hear her holler 

Above your water's pall 

God, that I could 

That my two arms could give me way 

And I would cross your breath 

And rest my breast about her amber ring 

Her amber ring 

Her amber ring 



But if you cull 

And let me pass 

You may render me a wreck 

When I come back 

So calm your waves 

And slow the churn 

And you may have my precious bones 

On my 

On my 

Return