"Gentle Annie" is a song composed by Stephen Foster in 1856. The song has original lyrics but is based on the traditional Irish melody "Ni Fhelcim". There is a tradition that it was written in honor of Annie Jenkins, the daughter of a grocer in Federal Street, Allegheny, Pennsylvania. There is an Australian version using the same tune with different words. I first learned the melody from a recording of Ed Tricket singing the Australian version. Other songs by Stephen Foster in this section are: "Camptown Races" "Hard Times (Come again no more)" "Oh, Susanna!" "Old Folks at Home"