Anna Baddley Pretty Anna Baddelly was the fairest young maid All the girls in Stony Middleton they walked in her shade Many young men came a-courting her but of them she knew none And they said that Anna Baddelly had a heart made of stone Oh Lovely Anna Baddelly the fairest of all 'Twas your pride and your beauty that proved your downfall But one of the suitors he would not cease to try And he often attempted to try catch Anna's eye 'Til he passed by her window one morning so clear And she said to him "Good morning sweet William my dear" Now William courted Anna for the best part of a year And arm in arm like cupids to the world they'd appear 'Til young William lost interest and he would not say why Which left her broken hearted for to weep and to cry Oh Lovely Anna Baddelly the fairest of all 'Twas your pride and your beauty that proved your downfall Now Anna's life was nothing now without the love of her man Every time she tried to see him he turned and he ran So this young girl went walking and grievously wept From the cliff over Stony Middleton broken hearted she leapt Oh Lovely Anna Baddelly the fairest of all 'Twas your pride and your beauty that proved your downfall But the fates they were against her even in her last hour As she fell she struck a thorny bush and she landed in a bower Then the villagers came and found her and carried her home Where she died two years later unloved and alone Oh Lovely Anna Baddelly the fairest of all 'Twas your pride and your beauty that proved your downfall AX oct00
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