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FAMOUS SONGS
Her voice Is low an5 sweet— An' she's a' the world to me,
An' for bonnie Annie Laurie I'd lay me down an' dee."
Here is Annie Laurie's birth " certificate" as written by her father, in what is called the " Barjorg MS.":
" At the pleasure of the Almighty God, my daughter Anna Laurie was borne upon the 16th day of December 1682 years, about six o'clock in the morning, and was baptized by Mr. George minister of Glencairn."
" Maxwelton House sits high upon its' braes/ It is f harled' without and painted white, and is built around three sides of a sunny court Ivy clambers thriftily about it. Over the entrance door of the tower, and above a window in the opposite wing, are inserted two marriage stones ; the former that of Annie's father and mother, the latter of her grandfather and grandmother. The initials of the bride and bridegroom, and the date of the marriage, are cut upon them, together with the family coat of arms, which bears, among other heraldic devices, two laurel leaves and the motto,c Virtus semper vzrzdis.' Below the grandfather's marriage stone is cut in the lintel the following:
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