The Decemberists - Annan Water lyrics

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Annan water <br>

You loom so deep and wide <br>

I'll cross over <br>

If you would stem the tide <br>

Build a boat <br>

That I might thwart the other side <br>

To reach the farther shore <br>

Where my true love lies in wait for me <br>

In wait for me <br>

In wait for me <br>

In wait for me <br>

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Oh, gray river <br>

Your waters ramble while <br>

The horses shiver <br>

And bide against the bridal <br>

But I will cross <br>

If mine own horse is pulled from me <br>

Though my mother cries that if I try <br>

I sure will drown it be <br>

Will drown it be <br>

Will drown it be <br>

Will drown it be <br>

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But if you cull <br>

And let me pass <br>

You may render me a wreck <br>

When I come back <br>

So calm your waves <br>

And slow the churn <br>

And you may have my precious bones on my return <br>

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Annan water <br>

Oh hear my true love's call <br>

Hear her holler <br>

Above your water's pall <br>

God, that I could <br>

That my two arms could give me way <br>

And I would cross your breath <br>

And rest my breast about her amber ring <br>

Her amber ring <br>

Her amber ring <br>

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But if you cull <br>

And let me pass <br>

You may render me a wreck <br>

When I come back <br>

So calm your waves <br>

And slow the churn <br>

And you may have my precious bones <br>

On my <br>

On my <br>

Return<br>

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