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was a jolly Miller once,

liv’d on the river Dee;

He work’d and ung from morn till night

no lark more blithe than he:

And this the burthen of his oug

ever us'd to be;

I care for nobody, no, not I,

if nobody cares for me.

A noble Lord, that liv’d hard by,

ent for this Miller one day.

And ak’d him various queftions,

and amongt the ret did ay.

How comes it. Miller that ev’ry day

you fing with merry glee?

Quoth Ralph, I care for nobody,

if nobody cares for me.

Are you always thus contented?

to him the Lord did fay.

Ay, that I am, more happy, quoth

then folks that I live more gay:

No worldly cares diturb my breat,

my wife and I agree;