The jolly miller (Arthur Edward Johnstone)
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- Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2024-03-04). Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 354 kB Copyright: Personal
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General Information
Title: The jolly miller
Composer: Anonymous (Traditional)
Arranger: Arthur Edward Johnstone
Lyricist: Traditional
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong, Folksong
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1910 American Book Co.
Description: English folksong
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Original text and translations
English text
There was a jolly miller once,
Lived on the River Dee,
He danced and sang from morn till night,
No lark so blithe as 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.”
I love my mill, she is to me,
Like parent, child, and wife.
I would not change my station here,
For other walks in life.
No lawyer, priest or surgeon e’er,
Has had a groat from me:
“I care for nobody, no, not I,
If nobody cares for me.”
Thus, like the miller, bold and free,
Let us rejoice and sing.
The days of youth are made for glee,
And time is on the wing.
This song shall pass in jovial round,
And from go me to thee:
“I care for nobody, no, not I,
If nobody cares for me.”