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Annachie Gordon

from A Twelvemonth and a Day by Mark Automaton

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Buchan is bonnie and there lives my love
My heart it lies on him - it will not remove
It will not remove for all that I have done
I'll never forget my love Annachie Gordon
For Annachie Gordon, he's bonnie and he's braw
He'd entice any woman that ever him saw
He'd entice any woman and so he has done me
Oh I never will forget my love Annachie

Down came her father, and he's standing by the door
He said, "Jeanie you're trying the tricks of a whore
You care nothing for a man who cares so very much for thee
You must marry Lord Salton and forget young Annachie
For Annachie Gordon he's only but a man
Although he may be pretty but where are all his lands
Salton's lands are broad and his towers stand high
You must marry Lord Salton and forget young Annachie"

"With Annachie Gordon I'd beg for my bread
Before I'd marry Lord Salton with gold to my head
With gold to my head and gowns fringed to the knee
I'll die if I don't get my love Annachie
And you that are my parents to the church you may me bring
But unto Lord Salton I'll never bear a son
A son nor a daughter, I'll never bow my knee
I'll die if I don't get my love Annachie"

When Jeanie was married from the church she was brought home
She and her maidens so merry should have been
When she and her maidens so merry should have been
She's gone to her chamber and she's crying all alone
"Come to bed now Jeanie, my honey and my sweet
For to style you my mistress it would not be meet"
"Oh it's mistress or Jeanie, it's all the same to me
For it's in your bed Salton I never shall be"

Up and spoke her father and he's spoken with renown
"All you that are her maidens won't you loosen off her gown"
She fell down in a swoon, so low down by his knee
Saying "Father I'm dying for my love Annachie"

The day that Jeanie married was the day that Jeanie died
And the day young Annachie came home from the tide

Down came her maidens and they're wringing of their hands
Saying "Woe to you Annachie for straying from the sands
So long from the sands and so long upon the flood
They've married your Jeanie and now she lies dead"
"All you that are her maidens won't you take me by the hand
Won't you lead me to the chamber where my true love lies"
And he's kissed her cold lips til his heart turned to stone
And he's died in the chamber where his love lay alone

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from A Twelvemonth and a Day, released May 11, 2019

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Mark Automaton came to prominence as a founding member of the seminal “cassette culture” band the Instant Automatons, who were instrumental in spearheading the UK DIY music scene of the late 70s and early 80s.
Since then, Mark has been active as a producer, musical collaborator and solo artist, releasing music under his own name and also as 391 and randomk/automata. ... more

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