Sweet Afton

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Sweet Afton
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"Written by Burns, and inserted in Johnson's Museum. Afton Water is a small stream in Ayrshire, on the banks of which stands Afton Lodge, the residence of Mrs. Stewart, who forms the subject of this song. Currie says, 'the song was presented to her in return for her notice, the first he ever received from a person in her rank.'"—Alexander Whitelaw, "Afton Water" in The Book of Scottish Song (1843).

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Versions of Sweet Afton include:

"Flow gently, Sweet Afton", in Burns' Popular Songs (n.d.), a chapbook printed in Paisley
"Afton Water" in The Book of Scottish Song (1843), edited by Alexander Whitelaw
"Afton Water", in The Poetical Works of Robert Burns (1887), edited by Alexander Smith
"Sweet Afton" in The Hundred Best Poems (lyrical) in the English language - second series (1904), edited by Adam Luke Gowans