Sweet Afton by Nickel Creek/ Robert Burns

[KingsKatt21]

Great job!! You definitely got real talent. :)

[Bonjordie]

lovely song and well played and sang Will now look up chords

[RyderX90]

Nice playin' and also very... gentle voice my friend ^^

maybe someday i'll be able to play like you do.

i'll miss you my friend !!

greetings Mr.Kochs ^^

[DonegalRaymie201]

Very good effort at this pal, You have a good voice & a delicate touch to your guitar work! Robert Burns, FYI, is the national poet of the Scots, and their equivalent to bill Shakespeare!

I think you did a decent version of Burns song, ya Sassenach! ("Saxon" or English person!)

[tkbean90]

Great rendition! Thanks for sharing! This song has such a great harmony.

[NcklCrkRcks]

kick ass...ur voice is so different from...(Chris or Sean, don't know who sings it), but it's a good different

[amibf]

fyi the song is called AFTON WATER!good singing though

[afancharger]

FYI:

It is known as SWEET AFTON and AFTON WATER. Songs have more than one title.

At the Robert Burns Country website, this poem/song is known as SWEET AFTON.

I have mainly seen it as SWEET AFTON.

But Ken McKellar (sp.?) has his song of this titled AFTON WATER.

[Curlysomers]

Got to love Rob's comments. He's linked to this on his Facebook.

Anyone who doesn't know Robert Burns you could tell the he's the guy who wrote Auld Lang Syne.

Good bit of singing there mate.

[rob1111222]

THAT FUCKING ROCKS MATE!!! LOVE IT!!!

[Vicstar14]

Welldone, this is beautiful. x

[HAZRIC]

Well done big yin. Sweet.

[TheTorloc]

I wasn't expecting such a sweet, gentle voice! You look like a bruiser, but sing like a dream! Said with all respect to the scrappers...I am one, too. Great job with this, and thanks!

[derran15]

Dude! You look like me! I wish I could play as good as that. Nicely done.

[daveprior666]

haha you don't got no alibi you ugly. you ugly

[rob1111222]

double negative there mate, Jason this guy thinks your lush.

[fcuk422]

theres two sentences there rob you beardy little homo

[belanos]

You didn't cock it up at all! Good job!

[AffyGirl88]

Great job...I love it

[Mushishi1016]

That's an awesome rendition!!!

Where can one find the tabs/chords for the song? It's amazing, and though singing is out of the question for me, I'd love to just strum it (perhaps even next to our own river. haha).

[oasisrock1]

you can find the chords at alt country tabs (just google it). The tuning is drop D if I remember and once you've got that, it's easy! Good luck!

[KingofRoath]

@Mushishi1016 Or you can do it in DADGAD tuning, which adds nice drones and resonance. Chords are D A G Bm. Google DADGAD chords.

[scunnerd25]

good guitar wrong accent

[afton000]

i love this song....i think im kinda named after it! lol

[lalastannard]

What a lovely rendition! It's as tender as the song.

[gypsyhugh]

sorry forgot to say very well done twas lovely

hugh

[gypsyhugh]

My dad was born in new cumnock where the river afton flows

We played this at his funeral, our mums name is mary who is in a coma and we couldnt have chosen a more fitting tune

God bless Dad till we meet again

Love

Hugh x

[markbackshall]

Hi Hugh, I 've fished that little River and have stayed all around the area. Lovely gentle country and such kind people too.

I am from Mancheter.

Sorry about your Dad ( Mine too) and hope Mums better very soon.

Regards

Mark in Australia

[fester2k7]

omg yur great

[Manipulace]

good song thats my style too...god bless .george

[shithead322]

i love that great keep going sing son song of freedem like bob i think be nice

[jodelnder]

dem haben sie die eier abgeschnitten

[Zastai]

Not a bad version, but I prefer the simpler arrangement sung by Tony Cuffe on The Complete Songs of Robert Burns - it allows slightly more emphasis on the lyrics.

[danix1985]

te nzerrene

[butterfliesinmyhead]

Aaaaah. Just lovely. Thank you.

I'm going to send it to my sister, whose middle name is Afton.

[nike1989]

wonderful voice and talent. =)

[Sgarland77]

Are you playing that in E flat Standard tuning?

[granniejans]

Lovely

[weeknightingale]

Splendid!

[darthonly]

I love this song and you do it so well.

[mrjohnst]

It's a great song, and I respect anyone who can do it justice, as you did. You don't give yourself enough credit! Nice work.

[TimeToWonder73]

I love your voice - you know it...

Miss you!!

[Kazzathekat]

Hey Dude,

Big Burns Fan! Big Nickel Creek Fan. Nice one!

[reidguthrie]

Just a beautiful song, very well done.

[creamofcardstv]

Great video! I've given you five stars. Please check out my clip on 1930's trading cards of famous peoples' homes from history: Robert Burns, Charles Dickens, William Shakespeare, Charles Darwin etc.

[liraz21]

Good stuff. :)

[SwitchbladeGypsy]

I love you? A young girl sang this song at our Beltane Rit this past Sunday. So pretty--you're amazing ^_^

[guppiefied]

my momma used to sing this song to me when i was little. my name's afton:) i'm 17, not so little anymore, but you did a great job.:)

[oasisrock1]

Thank you my friend. I am very glad you liked it!

[TaliaAshke]

That was wonderful. I came upon this video by chance, and am glad I got a chance to see it, great song, great voice, awesome job.

[funkydancer943]

lovely! you have an exellent voice. Loved it, love Nickel Creek, love the song!

[fcuk422]

Mate - that is fucking awesome!!! Top Marks!! Loved it...