The Scottish songs - National Library of Scotland

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THE JOLLY MILLER.
TuNE—TAe Miller of Dee,
There was a jolly miller once
Lived on the river Dee;
He wrought and sung from morn till night,
No lark more blythe than he.
And this the burden of his song
For ever used to be ;
I care for nobody, no, not I,
If nobody cares for me.
And this, &c.
When spring began its merry career,
O, then his heart was gay ;
He feared not summer's sultry heat,
Nor winter's cold decay.
No foresight marred the miller's cheer,
Who oft did sing and say,
Let others live from year to year,
I'll live from day to day.
No foresight, &c.
Then, like this miller, bold and free.
Let us be glad and sing ;
The days of youth are made for glee,
And life is on the wing.
The song shall pass from me to you,
Around this jovial ring.
Let heart, and hand, and voice agree
And so, God save our king.*
The song, &c.
* From an old MS. copy. The song seems to have been first printed in
Herd's Collection, 1776.
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