Annabel Rose. In The Beginning It was many and many an years ago In a kingdom by the sea That the maiden there lived whom you may know By the name of Annabel Rose And this maiden she lived with no other thought Than to love and be loved by me She was a child and i was a child In this kingdom by the sea But we loved with a love that was more than love I and my Annabel Rose With a love that winged seraphs of heaven Coveted her and me That was the reason that long ago In this kingdom by the sea That the wind blew out of a cloud by night Chilled my Annabel Rose So that her highborn kinsmen came And bore her away from me To shut her up in a sepulchre In this kingdom by the sea The angels are not half so happy in heaven Went envying her and me Yes, that was the reason, as all men know In the kingdom by the sea That the wind blew out of a cloud chilled And killed my Annabel Rose Our love it was stronger by far than the love Of those who were older than we Of many far wiser than we And neither the angels in heaven above Nor the demons down under the sea Can ever dissever my soul from the soul Of the beautiful Annabel Rose For the moon never beams without bringing me dreams Of the beautiful Annabel Rose And the stars never rise but i see the bright eyes Of the beautiful Annabel Rose
And so all the night tide i lie down by the side Of my darling my darling my love and my bride In her sepulchre there by the sea In her tomb by the side of the sea