Verse 

D                       A         D 
Listen now children a story I'll tell 
       G                     D 
Of a woman they called Anna Lee 
D                            A            D 
She had a fine son and she raised him up well 
        G                   D 
And a daughter as lovely as she 


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        A                           D 
I'll return to you, dear, in the dimming of day 
          G                    D 
As the sparrow returns to her nest 
D                                 G        D 
I'll return to you dreaming with each lullaby 
            G                      D 
Hold your sweet weary head to my breast 


Verse 

D                            A        D 
She sang to her darlings a sweet lullaby 
        G                         D 
As the cool evening shadows grow long 
D                         A         D 
Angels and nightingales gather at night 
         G                      D 
Just to hear mother Anna Lee's song 


[Refrão]

        A                           D 
I'll return to you, dear, in the dimming of day 
          G                    D 
As the sparrow returns to her nest 
D                                 G        D 
I'll return to you dreaming with each lullaby 
            G                      D 
Hold your sweet weary head to my breast 


Verse 

D                           A         D 
I heard it one morning she rode into town 
    G                        D 
To tend to her dear sister there 
D                              A           D 
She kissed her two babies on cheek and on brow 
     G                      D 
And left them with nary a care 


D                             A           D 
The wind it did rise and the rain it did fall 
     G                 D 
The river, a shadowy wave 
D                       A           D 
Anna Lee never heard danger's dark call 
          G                   D 
And was swept to her watery grave 


[Refrão]

        A                           D 
I'll return to you, dear, in the dimming of day 
          G                    D 
As the sparrow returns to her nest 
D                                 G        D 
I'll return to you dreaming with each lullaby 
            G                      D 
Hold your sweet weary head to my breast