Annie Laurie with lyrics ; Deanna Durbin

Annie Laurie (애니 로리) with lyrics ; Deanna Durbin

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vO3QWRYiiLc

 

 

 

Maxwelton Braes are bonnie where early fa’s the dew,
And it’s there that Annie Laurie gi’ed me her promise true.
Gi’ed me her promise true as ne’er forgot will be,
Aye for bonnie Annie Laurie I’d lay me doon and dee.

맥스웰톤 언덕 위에 이른 이슬 내릴 때,

약속했지 애니 로리 진실한 언약을.

진실한 언약을, 잊을 수가 없네.

그대 위해 애니 로리, 이 목숨을 바치리.

 

 

Her brow is like the snowdrift, her neck is like the swan,
Her face it is the fairest that e’er the sun shone on.
As e’er the sun shone on and dark blue is her e’e,
Aye for bonnie Annie Laurie I’d lay me doon and dee.

이마는 흰 눈과 같고, 목은 길어 백조같고,

그 얼굴은 아름다워 하늘 아래 없네.

하늘 아래 없네, 짙푸른 눈동자,

그대 위해 애니 로리, 이 목숨을 바치리.

 

 

 

Like dew on the gowan lying is the fa’ o’ her fairy feet,
And like wind in the summer sighing her voice is low and sweet.
Her voice is low and sweet and she means the warld to me,
Aye for bonnie Annie Laurie I’d lay me doon and dee.

고운 발에 떨어지는 들꽃 위의 이슬같이,

여름날의 미풍같이, 정다운 목소리.

정다운 목소리, 당신은 내 전부.

그대 위해 애니 로리, 이 목숨을 바치리.

 

 

The  Scots song based on a poem written by William Douglas in the 18th century. This version is a rewrite by Lady John Scott composed about the time of the Crimean War. She based it on Douglas’ (tuneless) two verse poem and added the third verse. It is put to a tune she earlier used for an old ballad called Kempy Kaye. 

 

Everyone known this song but we wonder how many people realise that it is a factual expression on the unrequited love of William Douglas (1672-1760) for Annie, eldest daughter of Sir Robert Laurie, of Maxwelton.

 

The tune was composed by Lady [John] Scott and published in 1848.

 

John McCormack - Annie Laurie (1927)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRsQRyxMkz4

 

 

"Annie Laurie" is an old Scottish song based on a poem said to have been written by William Douglas (1682?–1748) of Dumfriesshire, about his romance with Annie Laurie (1682—1764).

The words were modified and the tune was added by Alicia Scott in 1834/5.

 

John McCormack recorded it twice.

Once in 1910 and again for this recording on October 13, 1927.

 

 

http://www.stanwardine.com/

Birth:  16 DEC 1682 Maxwelton, Dumfries

Death: 5 MAY 1764 Friars Carse, Dumfries aged 81

Father: Robert Laurie

Mother: J Riddell

Married:  Alexander Fergusson 29 AUG 1710 Craigdarroch

 

Children:

Jean Ferguson

Born: 29 MAY 1711 Dumfries & Galloway

James Fergusson

Born: 10 JAN 1713 Craigdarroch

Died: 19 DEC 1771 Stenhouse, Tynron, Dumfries

Elizabeth Fergusson

Born: 14 APR 1714

Died: Died Young

Robert Fergusson

Born: ABT 1715

 

 

Remarks:

Anna Laurie, or as she is known to the world, Annie Laurie was the fourth daughter of Sir Robert Laurie and Jean Riddell. It was Annie's romance with William Douglas of Fingland, which made her famous throughout the world. Douglas had a small estate near Craigdarroch, up the valley of Craigdarroch Water. Annie's father was a Royalist and a persecutor of the Covenanters, so it meant she had to meet her lover secretly on Maxelton Braes. He was a hot-headed Jacobite and a supporter of the Stuarts.

 

The Poem below was written about her by William Douglas (1672?-1748) and adapted by Alicia Scott in 1824/5 and was a popular song in the Crimean war:

 

Maxwelton's braes are bonnie,
Where early fa's the dew,
'Twas there that Annie Laurie
Gi'ed me her promise true.
Gi'ed me her promise true -
Which ne'er forgot will be,
And for bonnie Annie Laurie
I'd lay me down and dee.

Her brow is like the snaw-drift,
Her neck is like the swan,
Her face it is the fairest,
That 'er the sun shone on.
That 'er the sun shone on -
And dark blue is her e'e,
And for bonnie Annie Laurie
I'd lay me down and dee.

Like dew on gowans lying,
Is the fa' o' her fairy feet,
And like winds, in simmer sighing,
Her voice is low and sweet.
Her voice is low and sweet -
And she's a' the world to me;
And for bonnie Annie Laurie
I'd lay me down and dee.

 

Original
The earliest known version which may be closest to what Douglas wrote is:

Maxwelton braes are bonnie, where early fa's the dew
Where me and Annie Laurie made up the promise true
Made up the promise true, and ne'er forget will I
And for bonnie Annie Laurie I'd lay doun my head and die
She's backit like the peacock, she's breistit like the swan
She's jimp aboot the middle, her waist ye weel may span
Her waist ye weel may span, and she has a rolling eye
And for bonnie Annie Laurie I'd lay doun my head and die.

 

In Edinburgh in 1710 Anna married Alexander Fergusson, Laird of Craigdarroch. She lived at Craigdarroch for 33 years. Under her directions the present mansion of Craigdarroch was built, and a relic of her taste is still preserved in the formal Georgian gardens in the rear of the house. She died in 1764 and some sources say she was buried at Craigdarroch. Portraits of her exist at Maxwelton and at Mansfield, the seat of the Stuart-Monteiths. The portraits show that she had blue eyes.

 

 

Annie Laurie and Alexander Ferguson taken from portraits at Maxwelton

 

 

 

 

 

"Annie Laurie" is an old Scottish song based on a poem said to have been written by William Douglas (1682?–1748) of Dumfriesshire, about his romance with Annie Laurie (1682–1764). The words were modified and the tune was added by Alicia Scott in 1834/5. The song is also known as "Maxwelton Braes".

William Douglas and Annie Laurie

William Douglas became a soldier in the Royal Scots and fought in Germany and Spain and rose to the rank of captain. He also fought at least two duels. He returned to his estate at Fingland in 1694.

 

Annie Laurie was born Anna, on 16 December 1682, about 6 o'clock in the morning at Barjarg Tower, in Keir, near Auldgirth, Scotland, the youngest daughter of Robert Laurie, who became first baronet of Maxwellton in 1685.

Traditionally it is said that Douglas had a romance with Annie Laurie, but that her father opposed a marriage. This may have been because Anna was very young; she was only in her mid-teens when her father died. It may also have been because of Douglas's aggressive temperament or more likely because of his Jacobite allegiances. It is known for certain that they knew of each other, because in a later letter by Anna she says in reply to news about Douglas, "I trust that he has forsaken his treasonable opinions, and that he is content."

 

Douglas recovered from this romance and eloped with a Lanarkshire heiress, Elizabeth Clerk of Glenboig. They married in Edinburgh in 1706. Douglas's political beliefs forced him into exile. He became a mercenary soldier and sold his estate at Fingland in the 1720s, though eventually he received a pardon.

Anna Laurie's later life

In Edinburgh on 29 August 1709 Anna married Alexander Fergusson, 14th Laird of Craigdarroch. (Early editions of Brewer's are in error claiming her husband was James Ferguson, who was in fact her son.) She lived at Craigdarroch for 33 years. Under her directions the present mansion of Craigdarroch was built, and a relic of her taste is still preserved in the formal Georgian gardens at the rear of the house. She died on 5 April 1764, at Friars' Carse, Dumfriesshire, Scotland,[1] and some sources say she was buried at Craigdarroch. Portraits of her exist at Maxwelton and at Mansfield, the seat of the Stuart-Monteiths. The portraits show that she had blue eyes.