U2 flow gently sweet afton lyrics

FLOW GENTLY SWEET AFTON

 

 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 resound through the glen

 Ye wild whistling blackbirds in yon thorny den

 Thou greencrested lapwing thy screaming forbear

 I charge you, disturb not my slumbering fair

 

 How lofty, sweet Afton, thy neighboring hills

 Far marked with the courses of clear winding rills

 There daily I wander as noon rises high

 My flocks and my Mary's sweet cot in my eye

 

 How pleasant thy banks and sweet valleys below

 Where wild are the woodlands, the primroses blow

 There oft, as mild evening weeps 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 the waters her snowy feet lave

 As gathering sweet flowers, 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