...same manner as men are taken in checkers, and wins if he captures all the geese. 14. Deal is singing "Flow Gently, Sweet Afton / among thy green braes;...Flow gently, I'll sing thee a song in thy praise. . . ," which is the poem "Afton Water" (1789), by the Scots poet Robert Burns (1759-1796), set to music...

...new songs from a little Scots magazine, and caused Mary B to blush when he sent her a smile and sang, My Mary's asleep by thy murmuring stream Flow gently, sweet Afton, disturb not her dream. As the inevitable time for his departure drew near, he'd turned to a page in the little magazine and...