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 Annabelle 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

But we loved with a love that was more than love
[Lord] I and my Annabelle Lee
With a love that the winged seraphs of heaven

Coveted her and me
[So that is] the reason that, long ago,
In this kingdom by the sea

A wind blew out of a cloud, chilling
My beautiful Annabelle Lee
So that her highborn kinsman came

And bore her away from me
To shut her up in a sepulcher
In this kingdom by the sea


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 Annabelle Lee