Willie Moore

(traditional, arr. by J. Baez, A. McGarrigle, K. McGarrigle) 

Roger McGuinn: 5-String Banjo, 12-String Guitar, Vocals
Joan Baez: Acoustic Guitar
Eliza Carthy: Fiddle

Intro. (Fiddle)

Willie Moore was a King, age twenty-one
He courted a maiden fair
Her eyes were like two diamonds bright
Raven black was her hair hmmm, hmmm, hmmm
And raven black was her hair

He courted fair Annie a year and a day
'Til at last to wed they agreed
But when they asked for her parents' consent
They said "It could never be" hmmm, hmmm, hmmm
They said "It would never be"

She thrown herself in Willie Moore's arms
As often she had done before
And when he left for little they did know
Fair Annie he will see no more hmmm, hmmm, hmmm
Fair Annie he will see no more

Instrumental (Fiddle)

He's run around for <...>
The time I remember well
And very same night sweet Anne disappeared
In a way no town can tell hmmm, hmmm, hmmm
In a way no town can tell

Fair Annie was looked for far and wide
And friends <...> her around
And in the little brook down by the carriage door
The body of fair Annie was found' hmmm, hmmm, hmmm
The body of fair Annie was found'

Fair Annie's parents they live alone
One weeps and the other cries
And in a little grave down by the carriage door
The body of fair Annie now lies hmmm, hmmm, hmmm
The body of fair Annie now lies

Instrumental (Fiddle)

Willie Moore scarcely spoke to his friends they say
From them at last he did part
When the last heard of him was in Montreal
Where he died of a broken heart hmmm, hmmm, hmmm
He died of a broken heart

Instrumental (Fiddle)

Willie Moore was a King his age twenty-one
He courted a maiden fair
Her eyes were like two diamonds bright
Raven black was her hair hmmm, hmmm, hmmm
Raven black was her hair