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Willlie Moore Lyrics by Doc Watson, Jean Ritchie

Jean Ritchie and Doc Watson at Folk City

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Willie Moore was a king, his age twenty-one
And he courted a damsel fair
Oh her eyes were as bright as the diamonds after night
And wavy black was her hair

He courted her both night and day
Till on marry they did agree
But when he came to get her parents' consent
They said that never could be

Oh, it was about the tenth of May
The time I remember well
That very same night her body disappeared
In a way no tongue could tell

Sweet Annie was loved both far and near
Had friends most all around
And in the little brook before the cottage door
The body of sweet Annie was found

She was taken by her weeping friends
And carried to her parents' room
And there she was dressed in a shroud of snowy white
And laid in a lonely tomb

Her parents now are left alone
One mourns while the other weeps
Beneath the grassy mound before the cottage door
The body of sweet Annie sleeps

Willie Moore scarcely spoke to his friends, they say
And at last from them all he did part
And the last heard from him he was in Montreal
Where he died of a broken heart

About “Willlie Moore” by Doc Watson

Read the complete lyrics to "Willlie Moore" by Doc Watson, Jean Ritchie from the album "Jean Ritchie and Doc Watson at Folk City". On Lyrks you can follow along with the full text, explore the artist's discography, and discover related songs. The track is often categorized under Pop.

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"Willlie Moore" appears on "Jean Ritchie and Doc Watson at Folk City".

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