Annabelle Lee

Many a year ago

In a kingdom by the sea

There lived a maiden you may know

By the name of Annabelle Lee

No other thought did trouble her mind

But to love and be loved by me

We were children both

In this kingdom by the sea

But we loved with a love that was more than love

I and my Annabelle Lee

With a love that the winged angels high

Coveted her and me

This was the reason long ago

In this kingdom by the sea

A wind blew from a stormy cloud

That took my Annabelle Lee

Then her wicked brothers came

To steal her away from me

They shut her up in a tomb below

This kingdom by the sea

But no maiden’s grave could sever my soul

From the love she bore for me

For the moon don’t beam without a dream

Of my darling Annabelle Lee

For many years I’ve wandered

Through this kingdom by the sea

I’ve laid myself beside the bones

Of my beautiful Annabelle Lee

I’ll make my bed near the rising tide

In her tomb by the sounding sea