(words by Edgar Allan Poe)

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 
I and my Annabelle Lee 
With a love that the winged seraphs of heaven 
Coveted her and me 
And this was 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