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 For wi't he learns us a' to steer, And foremost ay bears up the ring, We will find nae sic dancing here, If we want Willie's wanton fling.





There was a jolly miller once Liv'd on the river Dee, He danc'd and he sang from morn till night, No lark so blithe as he. And ay the burden of his song For ever us'd to be, I care for nobody, no not I, If nobody cares for me.

I live by my mill, God bless her, She's kindred, child and wife; I would not change my station For any other in life. No lawyer, surgeon, or doctor, E'er had a groat from me. I care for nobody, no not I, If nobody cares for me.

When spring begins its merry career, Oh how his heart grows gay;