Nickel Creek - Sweet Afton

nickel creek 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 , 

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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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