We are told that fair Annie’s is being told to learn to sleep alone since her husband is going overseas to bring a bride home. Fair Annie’s husband is only concerned about wealth; he only wants the wealth of his new bride.
Fair Annie’s husband is worried that he has no one to welcome his bride on his return. Is this actually true? Was there no aristocrat to welcome his bride on her arrival? Note that in those times as like in present times envoys and dignitaries to a country are greeted at the airport by high profile government official or persons
Fair Annie voluntarily accepts to perform this duty when her husband’s returns with his bride.
Fair Annie’s husband is however not satisfied and mentions the qualities of the one he wants to perform the duty in question.
Fair Annie however claims that she is not a maiden since she has already had 7 children and is even pregnant at the moment. Who was responsible for her pregnancy? We might say it is because of fair Annie’s condition that her husband denies her the chance to welcome his new bride. If however her husband was not responsible for the pregnancy then we might have a reason for his decision to go in for a new bride-------this is not started in the text-------- other than this it might be because fair Annie has lost or is loosing her patrician features
Fair Annie views her husband and his new bride from a distance while having two of her sons with her.
Fair Annie urges her eldest son to come where she is and look at his father and his new bride.
However her eldest son entreats her to come down from where she was before she commits suicide.
While she was getting down she sees part of her husband’s ship shine like silver
While she was still descending she came into view of the ship of the new bride and part of it shone like gold, this goes to show the differences in wealth between the two.
There is exaggeration hear as it is impossible to hold the hands of seven people. Fair Annie goes to meet her husband and his bride as they enter
She first of all welcomes her husband back and then she welcomes his new bride, not many women would be able to do what fair Annie did or was it Fair Annie intension out of curiosity to see how beautiful the new bride was as compared to herself
We learn that it is only the new bride that shows appreciation to Annie, how did the new bride know Annie’s name?; it is obvious that Annie’s husband had informed his new bride of Annie before their arrival or that Annie introduced herself by name. The new bride comments that Annie has the resemblances of a sister she has seen in a long time.
The new bride adds that the sister in question had been captured by a knight and taken away some time ago.
We learn that Fair Annie hangs 2 napkins to clean her tears.
We learn that fair Annie serves the long tables and in the process drinks the wan water to enable her get a grip on herself. This is ironic considering the word wan as it should make her dumb spirited.
We learn that as Fair Annie serves the tables she turns to wipe her tears from time to time. Note that humans cry when they are either happy or sad. Sadness is what is depicted her possibly as Annie recalls a time when she sat side be side with her husband while being served and how a new bride has come to take her place.
We learn that one of fair Annie’s son approaches her and wipes her tears
Fair Annie’s husband stands amongst his men---------was Fair Annie husband some sought of monarch of the bases of his men-------- turns himself about and declares which of two they admire, the old woman---fair Annie or the new bride.
After mass fair Annie husband and his new bride retire to their room.
Fair Annie then tries to go very close to their room to hear what they would say to each other or would do that night or both. Was it right for Fair Annie to do this? I reckon not however we learn that she was hurt very bad, she might have heard some uncomplimentary statements from her husband concerning her or she might have missed being in the company of her husband having being told to sleep alone.
Fair Annie claims that if her seven sons where seven young rats running on the castle wall and she where a grey hound, all her sons would soon be worried, in other words her sevens sons were not worried or concerned about what was going on. Why was this so? Was it because of fear of their father? There is no mention in the ballad that Fair Annie’s husband maltreated his sons. There is no stated conversation between fair Annie’s children and their father also. Did he keep away from them or did they keep away from him?
Fair Annie states that if her sons where hares and she was a hound they would be soon worried, thus it seems fair Annie was of the view that her children did not care about what was going on.
After this she decides to sing, but then she cries in the process and curses the man who has done her wrong? Which man is fair Annie speaking of and which wrong has been done her? Is possible that fair Annie is referring to someone else besides her husband?
The new bride momentarily goes to greet fair Annie.
Apparently this is because she has heard fair Annie make a sick moan. And wants to find out why
The new bride then inquires of fair Annie’s parentage and if she had a brother or sister.
We learn that the Earl of Wemyes was her father and the countess of wemyes was her mother. Fair Annie treats all others as her siblings around the house. Thus fair Annie was a noble. The new bride does not make a connection to her parentage.
The new bride decides to give her ships to fair Annie with 4 going to her eldest son, and thanks the powers in heaven that she would be returning still a virgin. It is probably that the new bride saw how she was going to end up living with her husband by learning from the experiences of fair Annie and decides to leave? We might be forced to wonder whether fair Annie’s husband would permit his new bride to return and abandoned him after being legally married to her after mass. Of what benefit where the ships to Fair Annie and her elders son?----was this done so that Fair Annie and her eldest son could trade it for money and be better of than their husband and father respectfully or was it to enable Fair Annie and her children escape?
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