Annabel Lee

This is a recording of my choral setting of Edgar Allan Poe's Annabel Lee.

The volume is a little low, so please feel free to turn it up on your computer

Annabel Lee is in the public domain.

Music by Greyson E. Leybourne

Music performed by musicians from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
Conducted by Garrett Saake.
Tenor Soloist: Blayne Ziegenfuss

Text by Edgar Allan Poe

Annabel Lee
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 Annabel 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 Annabel 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 Annabel Lee;
So that her highborn kinsman came
And bore her away from me,
To shut her up in a sepulchre
In this kingdom by the sea.

The angels, not half so happy in heaven,
Went envying her and me-
Yes!- that was the reason (as all men know,
In this kingdom by the sea)
That the wind came out of the cloud by night,
Chilling and killing my Annabel Lee.

But our love it was stronger by far than the love
Of those who were older than we-
Of many far wiser than we-
And neither the angels in heaven above,
Nor the demons down under the sea,
Can ever dissever my soul from the soul
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee.

For the moon never beams without bringing me dreams
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;
And the stars never rise but I feel the bright eyes
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;
And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side
Of my darling- my darling- my life and my bride,
In the sepulchre there by the sea,
In her tomb by the sounding sea.

Edgar Allan Poe

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[bachrocker1]

Quite beautiful.

[SinisterlySweet]

This is just gorgeous. Of the few musical interpretations of my favorite poem and my namesake, this is by far the most beautiful.

[willdavepete]

It sounds really, really superb, Greyson. You're a virtuoso. It makes me proud to be your best friend.

[tubacg]

beautiful greyson! oas aas lls!!!

[seepieceeggshell]

Thanks for posting this! It came out really well. Pleasure working with you on it!

[treble2160]

Greyson, I love this! I expect to receive the published version as soon as it comes out. I will let you know when my students sing this, so you will be in attendance. Maybe even do a workshop with them :)

I love you and miss you!!!!

~Bizzy