Gentle Annie, Stephen Foster
Asa Martin Kentucky Mountain Music Part 3
Banjo tuned E, Capo 2, Key D



      D                  G        D
Thou wilt come no more, gentle Annie,
                               A
 Like a flower thy spirit did depart;
           D            G        D
 Thou art gone, alas! like the many
                                  A      D
 That have bloomed in the summer of my heart.

     G                     D
 Shall we nevermore behold thee;
                              A
 Never hear thy winning voice again
        D                      G       D
-- When the Springtime comes, gentle Annie,
                                     A          D
 When the wild flowers are scattered o'er the plain?

 We have roamed and loved mid the bowers
 When thy downy cheeks were in their bloom;
 Now I stand alone mid the flowers
 While they mingle their perfumes o'er thy tomb.

 Ah! the hours grow sad while I ponder
 Near the silent spot where thou art laid,
 And my heart bows down when I wander
 By the streams and the meadows where we strayed.