Sweet Afton

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 flow gently , sweet afton , among thy green braes , 
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 flow gently , i’ll sing thee a song in thy praise; 
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 my mary’s asleep by thy murmuring stream , 
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 flow gently , sweet afton , disturb not her dream . 
 
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 thou stock - dove whose echo resounds thro’ the glen , 
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 oh ye wild whistling blackbirds in yon thorny den , 
 E1 B A E thou green - crested lapwing , thy screaming forebear , 
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 oh i charge you disturb not my slumbering fair . 
 
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 oh how lofty , sweet afton , thy neighboring hills , 
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 far mark’d with the courses of clear winding rills , 
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 there daily i wander as noon rises high , oooh , 
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 my flocks and my mary’s sweet cot in my eye . 
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 how pleasant thy banks and green valleys below , 
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 where wild in the woodlands the primroses blow; 
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 there oft as mild ev’ning sweeps over the lea 
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 the sweet scented birk shades my mary and me . 
 
 
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 oh thy crystal stream , afton , how lovely it glides , 
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 and winds by the cot where my mary resides , 
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 how wanton thy waters her snowy feet lave , 
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 as gathering sweet flow’rets she stems thy clear wave . 
 
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 flow gently , sweet afton , among thy green braes , 
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 flow gently , i’ll sing thee a song in thy praise; 
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 my mary’s asleep by thy murmuring stream , 
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 flow gently , sweet afton , disturb not her dream . 
 
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