Strong winds for autumn, better bring those engines up! No sail can carry my love, No words will guide her. The calling voice is silent! And I watched them make turns for ten knots, I went each day to the end of the dock, 'Til the day my Annie sailed. On the last boat down the weeping loch. When the sickness came, I suffered with my friends. One day I thought the world would end. In the dark, I called her name, The others there heard nothing. And I watched them make turns for ten knots, I felt her wake with my feet in the surf, 'Til even that was calm And the last boat had gone! Sail away, my Annan love, No breeze can catch you now! It's all clear; there's only memories here, This year will know no winter! And I watched them make turns for ten knots, The cries of the gulls filled the air as I watched The day my Annie sailed On the last boat down the weeping loch Sail away, my Annan love, No breeze can catch you now! It's all clear; there's only memories here, This year will know no winter! Strong winds for autumn, better bring those engines up!