Maxwellton braes are bonnie, 
Where early fa's the dew, 
And 'twas there that Annie Laurie 
Gave me her promise true. 
Gave me her promise true, 
Which ne'er forgot will be, 
And for bonnie Annie Laurie, 
I lay me doon and dee. 

Her brow is like the snowdrift, 
Her throat is like a swan, 
Her face it is the fairest 
That e'er the sun shone on. 
That e'er the sun shone on, 
And dark blue is her ee, 
And for bonnie Annie Laurie 
I lay me doon and dee. 

Like dew on th' gowan lying, 
Is the fa' o' her fairy feet, 
And like winds in summer 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 lay me doon and dee.