Songs That Live 



1511 



A POPULAR BALLAD OF '6i 



Stephen C. Foster 



GENTLE ANNIE 



1. Thou wilt come no more, gen - tie An - nie, Like a flower thy spir - it did de - 



2. We have roamed in youth 'mid the bow • ers When thy down - y cheeks were in their 



3. Ah! the hours grow sad while I pon-der Near the si ■ lent spot where thou art 



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part, Thou art gone, a - las, like the ma-ny That have bloomed in the summer of my 

 bloom, Now I stand a - lone 'mid the flowers. While they mingle their perfume o'er thy 

 laid. And my heart bows down when I wander By the stream and the meadows where we 



heart. Shall we nev • er 

 tomb. Shall we nev - er 

 strayed. Shall we nev - er 



more be - hold 

 more be - hold 

 more be - hold 



thee. Never hear thy winning voice a ■ 

 thee. Never hear thy winning voice a • 

 thee. Never hear thy winning voice a ■ 



gain. When the spring-time comes, gentle Apnie, When the wild flow'rs are scattered o'er the plain? 



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