My great-grandfather stepped off a boat and walked 35 miles barefoot with a half-crown in his pocket to his own wedding on New Year’s Day, 1918. He was 17 and this was his party piece.

Fantastic version - my mother was from Scotland and my father was Danish and they listened to this song many times😊

The Corries forever. The true voice of Scotland and why we will regain our independence.

Where I used to work, there was a woman named Annie Laurie, and oddly, she had NEVER heard of this song until I sang it for her.

Annie Laurie" is an old Scottish song based on a poem written by William Douglas (1682?-1748) of Dumfriesshire, about his romance with Annie Laurie (1682-1764.)the tune was added by Alicia Scott in 1834/5. The song is also known as "Maxwelton Braes”".................. Maxwellton braes are bonnie Where early fa's the dew And it's there that Annie Laurie Gied me her promise true Gied me her promise true That ne'er forgot will be And for bonnie Annie Laurie I'd lay doon and dee

I grew up with song sung by Sidney Mc Ewan and I am not a Scottish descendant but this was amongst me grandmother's favourites and was Irish.

I wish those romantic innocent days will come back again

i just started doing family history and learned that i am a direct decedent of Annie Laurie. obviously i am now obsessed with this song and this is truly the prettiest version.

What an awesome song and marvelous rendition plus others. The Scottish must be a worthy people -- an admirer from Taiwan.

This is the very first time I've heard this beautiful song on this very day because of one of the brave crew of a LANCASTER coming home towards the English shore started singing it. Very poignant indeed, just listening to one of those brave men brought tears to my eyes. Wonderful wonderful. 24th june 2021🇬🇧🙏🇬🇧🙏

Her voice was low and sweet... Long live Annie Laurie, and the Corries 💙

Makes me think of my grandmother, named Annie Laurie after this song. Rest in peace, Grandma! I love you!

Hard to imagine someone loving someone that much.

Being not a Scottish on listening to this song every time I can't help feeling the Scottish soul in my heart❤

This song is beautiful. The Corries have brought a lot of old Scottish songs back to life. It gives me such joy to listen to them. Their voices are like rich musical instruments.

My mother’s name was Lorraine, called Laurie, and to many nieces and nephews, was “Annie Laurie”.

I'm named after this song! 💜🎶💜

Beautiful . . . so proud to know that I was named after such a lovely Scottish song.

Thank you to the Corrie's from the family of Somerledh of these Isles We are still here We escaped to Ireland 1164 We wish the People of Scotland good luck in their quest for Independence .

Loved this. Great version (much slower) in the film "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" (Great film)

To the song he song the night before his death, over a century later, I wish Albert Parsons a peaceful rest, for his memory lives in power

I love this song. It reminds me of my childhood in Australia and of all the wonderful scottish an irish songs we learnt at school. My teacher in Perth WA called me Annie Laurie because it wasn't easy for english speaking people to pronounce my german name correctly "Annelore". Annie Laurie is my song!

i was born in Belfast Ireland 1943 love this song!

I used to play this on the cello. It was a warm up exercise in music class.

This song is actually much better known in Korea than Scotland, because it was a popular xtian hymn in there (Korea had no hymns so the western missionaries just put the words in popular songs of the day). It is mostly sung in xtian funerals now.

What a beautiful song. Sang brilliantly by the masters. I miss Roy's music.

Maxwellton braes are bonnie Where early fa's the dew And it's there that Annie Laurie Gave me her promise true Gave me her promise true That ne'er forgot will be And for bonnie Annie Laurie I lay me doon and dee Her brow is like the snowdrift Her neck it's like the 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 fall 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

Our cat loved this song she poured like

Just heard about how german soldiers would start singing on Christmas Eve in the trenches during WWI. Then after the english heard a lonely voice, loud and powerful that would sing the beginning of Annie Laurie in perfect english from a german soldier, to which the english would respond in loud applause. Just envisioning this brought a tear to my eye. These poor and broken soldiers sitting in absolutely misery in snow, mud and body parts all around on Christmas, victims of a pointless war, and the shootings and shellings are stopped by spontaneous singing. Heard this on Hardcore History by Dan Carlin, recommend it.

Learned to play this for beginner violin lessons and I really liked the rhythm. Decided to KZfaq the full song... such a simple yet lovely, beautiful tune.

Very nice song, The Corries are awesome!!!

i luv these old songs played , with talent, not just cording. they do a wonderful job , thank you guessmaybe i am old right.

always enjoy this song... my parents named me after it.

My favorite version of a great song.

Archie Fisher recorded this on his most recent album. Another charming addition.

Best Folk Song Ever 💘

🍺 Beer & Bushmills Cause any roving lads to bring Up the Corries. I first heard this Group and still become "heartfelt". NYC, 8'th Ave. Great bunch of guys. (Little Rowdy, sorta!!!!)

my da loved to sing this, and he was as good as these two, fond memories

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, anyone?

Great version. R I P Roy.

My 8th great grandmother.💛

ANNY LAURIE 1681-1764 /I READ THAT THE SONG WAS WRITTEN BY HER DISAPPOINTED LOVER WILLIAM DOUGLSS AND WAS PUBLISHED IN 1823.

My grandfather in the Western NC mountains used to sing this song to me.

My granny used to sing this to me

I like this song.

This is too great!

So good bloody love this..

"The trouble with so much thinking, though, or with that which calls itself thinking, is that it’s like farting Annie Laurie down a keyhole." Harold Pinter

Great Scottish tune from 1838

My guitar book 4 from Estella & Roberts has this on page 27.

Awesome !!

GREAT RENDITION.

Great version of a beautiful song, Try it by Jean Redpath.

gorgeous

nice love song, sweet

I love this beautiful song although it is not too easy to sing.

Tleitirah tleitiri

1943!

Mizo chuan TLEITIRAH TLEITIRI kan ti😝😎

I learned this song at a very young age and I almost named my 1st daughter, Annie Laurie. My ex didn't like it and to this day I regret that I chose a different name.

Linda música

He hla hi mizo hla ah kan nei a hla thu chu a in ang lo a, a hla hming chu (tleitir ah tleitiri) ani a ka sawi awmzia hria in awm tak in kalo sawive mai2 Dt 3/3/2024 N.kawnpui Hmarveng, Mizoram, India

we lost a real talent in Roy Williamson

Due on the ground of glen lyon... thats ware am fae!

Sung by Haymarket martyr Albert Parsons to Lucy before being executed by the State.

Does anyone know the version sung by Kenneth Mckellar?

Vim pelo livro Os 39 degraus

The best version of this song is found in Bird People in China

much more difficult to sing than it would seem, it has quite a range on it from high to low. I know whats the point? my point is these guys are so Excellent at what they do.

I tried playing with Leaflute.

Who is Annie Laury

so this is the song Edwin Hubble stood for

My middle school band has to play this, but way slower than this

Cedie played on flute

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Akex d macivee

Haruki murakami anyone?

This is an old Scottish song. This is a good version by The Corries though I would prefer a rendition by Kenneth McKellar.

Türk yok çok şaşkınım 🧐

a ENGLISH folk song that took the scots to make it a hit may it live

Jesus that sucks .

My granny used to sing this to me