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Words by Burns.
Andante grazioso.
AFTON WATER.
Music by A. Hume.
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Flow gent - ly, sweet Af - toil,
mong thy green braes, Flow gent-ly,
j^FEpEgEEgg^j
sing thee
hy thy
Thou stock-dove whose
eres. rail.
re - sounds thro' the glen, Ye
cadenza ad lib. ^ a tempo.
wild whistling blackbirds in yon thorn - y den, Thou
P
green crested
lapwing thy screaming forbear, I charge you disturb not my slum - ber - ing fair.
Thy crystal stream, Afton, how lovely it glides,
And winds by the cot where my Mary resides,
How wanton thy waters her snowy feet lave,
As, gathering sweet flowerets, she stems thy clear wave.
Flow gently, sweet Afton, among thy green braes,
Flow gently, sweet river, the theme of my lays ;
My Mary's asleep by thy murmuring stream, —
Flow gently, sweet Afton, disturb not her dream.

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(13) [Page 3] - Afton Water
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Lyric gems of Scotland
DescriptionA collection of Scottish songs, original and selected, with music. Glasgow: D. Jack, 1856.
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Glen Collection of printed music
DescriptionScottish 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.
Special collections of printed music
DescriptionThe 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.