Afton, Tennessee
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Afton is an unincorporated community in Greene County, Tennessee. It is believed that the community's name comes from Robert Burns
's song "Sweet Afton
", about the River Afton
in Scotland.
Robert Burns
Robert Burns was a Scottish poet and a lyricist. He is widely regarded as the national poet of Scotland, and is celebrated worldwide...
's song "Sweet Afton
Sweet Afton
Sweet Afton is a lyrical poem describing the Afton Water in Ayrshire, Scotland. It was written by Robert Burns in 1791 and set to music by Jonathan E. Spilman in 1837, under the title "Flow gently, sweet Afton"...
", about the River Afton
River Afton
The River Afton is a small river in Ayrshire, Scotland. which flows North from Alwhat Hill in the Carsphairn and Scaur Hills, through Afton Reservoir and then for eight miles down Glen Afton before joining the River Nith at New Cumnock.The river is memorialised in Robert Burns's poem and this led...
in Scotland.