It was many and many a year ago
In a kingdom by the sea
That a maiden there lived whom you may know
By the name of Annabel Lee
And this maiden she lived with no other thought
Than to love... and be loved... by me
I was a child and She was a child
In this kingdom by the sea
We loved with a love that was more than a love
I and my Annabel Lee
With a love that the wingèd seraphs of heaven above
Coveted her, and me
Annabel Lee
Annabel Lee
Well this was the reason that, long ago,
In this kingdom by the sea,
A wind blew out of a cloud,
Chilling and killing my beautiful Annabel Lee;
So that her highborn kinsmen came
And bore her away from me,
To shut her up in a marble tomb
In this kingdom by the sea.
Annabel Lee
Annabel Lee
Well the angels, not half so happy in heaven were
Went envying her and me
That the wind came out of the cloud by night
Chilling and killing my Annabel Lee
But our love it was stronger by far than
The love of those who were older 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 Lee;
For the moon never beams, without bringing me dreams
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;
And the stars never rise, but I feel the bright eyes
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;
And so all of the night-tide, I lie down by her side
In her sepulchre by the sounding sea.
O my darling, my darling
My life and my bride
In her tomb there by the sea
In her tomb there by the sea
In her tomb there by the sea
In her tomb there by the sea
My Annabel Lee
Annabel Lee