The Mill

X: 48
T: The Mill
O: Old Folk Tune
%R: air, jig, march
B: "The Everyday Song Book", 1927
F: http://www.library.pitt.edu/happybirthday/pdf/The_Everyday_Song_Book.pdf
Z: 2017 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
N: Final 8th-rest omitted to fix the rhythm between verses.
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: G
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D | G G G G A B | B A A A2 d | B z z z2 D |
w: 1.~Clip, clap! goes the mill by the swift run-ning brook, clip, clap!  By
w: 2.~Then round goes the wheel and a-round goes the stone,  clip, clap!  The
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G G G G A B | B A A A2 d | B z z z2 (G/B/) |
w: day and by night is the mill-er at work,        clip, clap! He*
w: wheat in the grain be-comes flour to take home, clip, clap! The*
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d d d d e d | d c c c2 c/- c/ | B> B B
w: grinds us the corn to make bread for the year,  And with plen-ty of
w: Ba-ker's man kneads it, and rolls it, and bakes To* make for good
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d c B | B A A  A2 d | B z B A z A | G z z z2 |]
w: this we've no hun-ger to fear,       Clip, clap! clip, clap! clip, clap!
w: chil-dren sweet bis-cuits and cakes, Clip, clap! clip, clap! clip, clap!
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Alternative sources for this tune:

• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/EverydaySongBook/EverydaySongBook2/0097

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