Interpret:

Joan Baez

Album:

Joan

It was many and many a year ago
In a kingdom by the sea
That a maiden there lived whom you may know
By the name of Annabel Lee
And this maiden she lived with no other thought
And to love and be loved by me


I was a child and she was a child
In this kingdom by the sea
But we loved with a love that was more than love
I and my Annabel Lee
With a love that the winged seraphs of heaven
Coveted her and me


And this was the reason that long ago
In this kingdom by the sea
A wind blew out of a cloud
Chilling my Annabel Lee
So that her high-born kinsmen came 
And bore her away from me
To shut her up in a sepulcher
In this kingdom by the sea


And the angels, not half so happy in heaven
Went envying her and me
Yes, that was the reason as all men know
In this kingdom by the sea 
That the wind came out of the cloud by night
Chilling my Annabel Lee
That the wind came out of the cloud by night
Killing my Annabel Lee




But our love it was stronger by far than the love
Of those who were older than we
Of many far wiser than we
Of many far wiser than we
And neither the angels in heaven above 
Nor the the demons down under the sea
Can ever dissever my soul from the soul 
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee


And the moon never beams
Without bringing me dreams
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee
And the stars never rise
But I feel the bright eyes
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee


And all through the night tide
I lie down by the side
Of my darling my life and my bride
In the sepulcher there by the sea
In her tomb by the sounding sea