“Anna Lee (The Finished Letter)”
Description
"I have written him a letter Telling him that he is free"; she wrote it when she heard that he had been "out riding With that saucy Anna Lee." But the girl regrets her words; she concludes "I'll tell him I still love him If he'll court Miss Lee no more."
Cross references
- cf. "Ella Lea" (lyrics)
Recordings
- Charlie Poole and the North Carolina Ramblers, "Jealous Mary" (Columbia15342-D, 1928; on CPoole04)
References
- Belden, p. 213, "The Finished Letter" (2 texts)
- Randolph 775, "Anna Lee" (2 texts, 2 tunes)
- BrownII 143, "Annie Lee" (1 text plus an excerpt from 1 more)
- Rorrer, p. 82, "Jealous Mary" (1 text)
- Roud #474
- BI, R775