Sweet Afton (Benjamin Carl Unseld)
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- Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-12-14). Score information: Letter, 4 pages, 291 kB Copyright: Personal
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General Information
Title: Sweet Afton
Composer: Benjamin Carl Unseld
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1911 The Fillmore Bros.
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Original text and translations
English text
Flow gently, sweet Afton, among thy green braes,
Flow gently, I’ll sing thee a song in thy praise.
Thy crystal stream, Afton, how lovely it glides
And winds by the cot where my Mary resides.
My Mary’s asleep by thy murmuring stream;
Flow gently, sweet Afton, disturb not her dream.