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Aft on Water
Thou ftock dove whole echo refounds thro' the glen,
Ye wild whittling blackbirds in yon thorny den,
Thou green crefted lapwing thy fcreaming forbear,
t charge you difturb not my Qumbering Fair.
How lofty, fweet Afton, thy neighbouring hills,
Far mark'd with the courfes of clear, winding rills;
There daily I wander as noon rifes high,
My flocks and my 'Mary's fweet Cot in my eye.
How pleafant thy banks and green vallies below,
Where wild in the woodlands the primrofes blow;.
There oft as mild ev'ning weeps over the lea,
The fweet fecnted birk (hades my Mary and me .
Thy chryftal ftream, Afton, how lovely it glides,
And winds by the cot where my Mary refides;
How wanton thy waters her fnowy feet lave,
As gathering fweet flowerets fhe ftems thy clear wave.
Flow gently, fweet Alton, among thy green braes,
Flow gently, fweet River, the theme of my lays ;
My Mary's afleep by thy murmuring ftream,
Flow- gently, fweet Afton, difturb not her dream.
Thou ftock dove whole echo refounds thro' the glen,
Ye wild whittling blackbirds in yon thorny den,
Thou green crefted lapwing thy fcreaming forbear,
t charge you difturb not my Qumbering Fair.
How lofty, fweet Afton, thy neighbouring hills,
Far mark'd with the courfes of clear, winding rills;
There daily I wander as noon rifes high,
My flocks and my 'Mary's fweet Cot in my eye.
How pleafant thy banks and green vallies below,
Where wild in the woodlands the primrofes blow;.
There oft as mild ev'ning weeps over the lea,
The fweet fecnted birk (hades my Mary and me .
Thy chryftal ftream, Afton, how lovely it glides,
And winds by the cot where my Mary refides;
How wanton thy waters her fnowy feet lave,
As gathering fweet flowerets fhe ftems thy clear wave.
Flow gently, fweet Alton, among thy green braes,
Flow gently, fweet River, the theme of my lays ;
My Mary's afleep by thy murmuring ftream,
Flow- gently, fweet Afton, difturb not her dream.
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| Special collections of printed music > Glen Collection of printed music > Printed music > Scots musical museum > Volume 4 > (102) Page 400 - Afton Water |
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| Description | By James Johnson. 6 volumes. Edinburgh : Printed & sold by Johnson & Co., 1787-1803. Burns contributed largely to the work, and Stephen Clarke prepared the arrangements of most of the airs. ["The volumes of the Musical museum, as originally published, were 'Humbly dedicated to the Catch Club, instituted at Edinburgh June 1771.' On the completion of the sixth and last volume, in 1803, Johnson substituted a new set of title-pages, dedicating the work 'To the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland.'"--Laing's pref., to 1839 ed., v. 1, p. ii, foot-note]. |
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| Shelfmark | Glen.201-201e |
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| Description | Scottish songs and music of the 18th and early 19th centuries, including music for the Highland bagpipe. These are selected items from the collection of John Glen (1833 to 1904). Also includes a few manuscripts, some treatises, and other books on the subject. |
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| Description | The Glen Collection and the Inglis Collection represent mainly 18th and 19th century Scottish music, including Scottish songs. The collections of Berlioz and Verdi collected by bibliographer Cecil Hopkinson contain contemporary and later editions of the works of the two composers Berlioz and Verdi. |
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