| Arranged by Alexander
L'Estrange. Choir Secular.
For with Piano (SAB). Choral
Octavo. Faber Choral
Singles. Secular. Published
by Faber Music Arr : Choral 3-partPublisher : Faber Music Limited$1.99 $1.8905 - See more - Buy online ISBN 0571537804. Secular.
Afton Water is a gentle, lyrical hymn of praise both to the countryside of Scotland itself (the word ‘brae’ means ‘hillside’) and to a girl called Mary who lies sleeping by the banks of the river Afton near Ayr, south of Glasgow. The poet entreats the river, blackbirds, lapwings and stock-doves to go about their business quietly, so as not to disturb the ‘slumbering fair’ Mary. |
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