Annie laid her head down in the roses
She had ribbons, ribbons, ribbons, in her long brown hair
I dont know, maybe it was the roses,
All I know I could not leave her there

I dont know, it must have been the roses,
The roses or the ribbons in her long brown hair
I dont know, maybe it was the roses,
All I know I could not leave her there

Ten years the waves roll the ships home from the sea,
Thinkin well how it may blow in all good company,
If I tell another what your own lips told to me,
Let me lay neath the roses, till my eyes no longer see

I dont know, it must have been the roses,
The roses or the ribbons in her long brown hair
I dont know, maybe it was the roses,
All I know I could not leave her there

One pane of glass in the window,
No one is complaining, no, come in and shut the door,
Faded is the crimson from the ribbons that she wore,
And its strange how no one comes round any more

I dont know, it must have been the roses,
The roses or the ribbons in her long brown hair
I dont know, maybe it was the roses,
All I know I could not leave her there

Annie laid her head down in the roses
She had ribbons, ribbons, ribbons, in her long brown hair
I dont know, maybe it was the roses,
All I know I could not leave her there