Nickel Creek - Sweet Afton HQ Lyrics

Nickel Creek's version of Sweet Afton.
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Lyrics by Robert Burns

Lyrics -

Flow gently, sweet Afton, among thy green braes
Flow gently, I'll sing thee a song in thy praise
My Mary's asleep by thy murmuring stream
Flow gently, sweet Afton, disturb not her dream

Thou stock dove whose echo resounds thro' the glen
Ye wild whistly blackbirds in yon thorny den
Thou green crested lapwing, thy screaming forbear
I charge you, disturb not my slumbering fair

Oh, how lofty, sweet Afton, thy neighboring hills
Far mark'd with the courses of clear winding rills
There daily I wander as noon rises high, oooh
My flocks and my Mary's sweet cot in my eye

How pleasant thy banks and green valleys below
Where, wild in the woodlands, the primroses blow
There oft, as mild evening sweeps over the lea
The sweet-scented birk shades my Mary and me

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
So flow gently, sweet Afton, disturb not her dreams

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• Afton
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• Burns
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• HQ
• Nickel
• Creek
• Bluegrass

[CutieSince1996]

My name is Afton

[CharsieSwiftleaf]

@CutieSince1996

Cool. :) It's a very interesting name, and pretty nice sounding at that.

[TheFretDancer]

I don't know why this song makes me miss you so much, but I would give just about anything just to hold you right now. Just to be alone in the dark with your smile. I know you have your reasons that I can't sway and I know you need your time and space. But I love you, and I don't know when or if that will change. So I'll just keep waiting, because I'd rather be loyal to you for no reason than be free and without a cause. I love you.

[colinlong100]

Lovely song, beautifully performed.......

[jonesthephones]

Ab - so - lute - ly Spot-On!

[ashscraps]

such a lovely song. My brother and his bride chose it for the first dance at their wedding and it was beautiful.

[johnpaulthebuilder]

LOVE YOU, COME TO LITTLE ROCK!

[saukeemom]

I have a niece named Afton!

[TheCicerro]

For those that have had the privlage to feel true love..even if it did not work out..this song is for you. Robert Burns was...well I have no words.

[albagael]

I love this version of this. My granpa was a miner from that area and he used to play this on his fiddle. Listening to this brings back some very good memeories. Thx 4 posting.

[StevenWeir4]

flows through the village of new cumnock and i stay 100m from it !!!!!!!!!!!

[candy1234ize]

This song is from so long ago. like the 16 or 1700s Its amazing its still sung today :)