<p class="tit-song">THE FAIR FANNIE MOORE <span class="pagenum"><SPAN id="page219" name="page219"></SPAN>(p. 219)</span></p>
<p>Yonder stands a cottage,<br/>
All deserted and alone,<br/>
Its paths are neglected,<br/>
With grass overgrown;<br/>
Go in and you will see<br/>
Some dark stains on the floor,—<br/>
Alas! it is the blood<br/>
Of fair Fannie Moore.</p>
<p>To Fannie, so blooming,<br/>
Two lovers they came;<br/>
One offered young Fannie<br/>
His wealth and his name;<br/>
But neither his money<br/>
Nor pride could secure<br/>
A place in the heart<br/>
Of fair Fannie Moore.</p>
<p>The first was young Randell,<br/>
So bold and so proud,<br/>
Who to the fair Fannie<br/>
His haughty head bowed;<br/>
But his wealth and his house<br/>
Both failed to allure<br/>
The heart from the bosom<br/>
Of fair Fannie Moore.</p>
<p>The <span class="pagenum"><SPAN id="page220" name="page220"></SPAN>(p. 220)</span> next was young Henry,<br/>
Of lowest degree.<br/>
He won her fond love<br/>
And enraptured was he;<br/>
And then at the altar<br/>
He quick did secure<br/>
The hand with the heart<br/>
Of the fair Fannie Moore.</p>
<p>As she was alone<br/>
In her cottage one day,<br/>
When business had called<br/>
Her fond husband away,<br/>
Young Randell, the haughty,<br/>
Came in at the door<br/>
And clasped in his arms<br/>
The fair Fannie Moore.</p>
<p>"O Fannie, O Fannie,<br/>
Reflect on your fate<br/>
And accept of my offer<br/>
Before it's too late;<br/>
For one thing to-night<br/>
I am bound to secure,—<br/>
'Tis the love or the life<br/>
Of the fair Fannie Moore."</p>
<p>"Spare me, Oh, spare me!"<br/>
The young Fannie cries,<br/>
While the tears swiftly flow<br/>
From <span class="pagenum"><SPAN id="page221" name="page221"></SPAN>(p. 221)</span> her beautiful eyes;<br/>
"Oh, no!" cries young Randell,<br/>
"Go home to your rest,"<br/>
And he buried his knife<br/>
In her snowy white breast.</p>
<p>So Fannie, so blooming,<br/>
In her bright beauty died;<br/>
Young Randell, the haughty,<br/>
Was taken and tried;<br/>
At length he was hung<br/>
On a tree at the door,<br/>
For shedding the blood<br/>
Of the fair Fannie Moore.</p>
<p>Young Henry, the shepherd,<br/>
Distracted and wild,<br/>
Did wander away<br/>
From his own native isle.<br/>
Till at length, claimed by death,<br/>
He was brought to this shore<br/>
And laid by the side<br/>
Of the fair Fannie Moore.</p>
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