The King and the Miller - Palmer, Horatio Richmond

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◈ Genre / Form Partsongs

♬ Besetzung → SATB ¶ Sprache → Englisch

Stimmen 4

Instrumente A cappella

Seiten 8

CPDL Nr. 77585

Bearbeiter David Anderson

Veröffentlicht 2023-11-26

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There dwelt a miller, hale and bold, Beside the river Dee; He worked and sang from morn till night, No lark more blithe than he. And this the burden of his song Forever used to be, “I envy no one, no, not I, And no one envies me.” “Thou’rt wrong, my friend,” said old king Hal, “As wrong as wrong can be; For could my heart be light as thine, I’d gladly change with thee. And tell me now, what makes thee sing With voice so loud and free, While I am sad, tho’ I am king, Beside the river Dee?” The miller smiled and doffed his cap, “I earn my bread,” quoth he; “I love my wife, I love my friend, I love my children three. I owe no one I cannot pay; I thank the river Dee That turns the mill that grinds the corn To feed my babes and me.” “Good friend,” said Hal, and sighed the while, “Farewell, and happy be, But say no more, if thou be true, That no one envies thee; Thy mealy cap is worth my crown, Thy mill my kingdom’s fee; Such men as thou are England’s boast, O miller of the Dee!” Traditional English folksong from Chester

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