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2. The tailor boy said: "Now, what will I do?" "Jump in this big chist; I will turn the lock on you.3
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3. "O captain, O captain, what mean this ?
I am going to the sea and I want a bigger chist." Chorus
4. He opened up the chist in the presence of them all; There lay the tailor boy like a pig in the stall.
Chorus
5. The sailor boy being heavy made and strong, He picked up the big chist and carried it along.
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6. He tuk him to the sea and tied him to the ship; The fish played a kitty nine tail all around his lip.
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THE DISHONEST MILLER See Cox, No. 155; Thomas, p. 80; Journal, XXXV, 390; Brown, p. 10.
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Recorded by Mrs. Henry from the singing of Mrs. Ewart Wilson, Pensa-cola, North Carolina, August, 1931.
1. There was an old miller and he was well known; He had three sons who were well nigh grown; He came to die — to make his will;
He had nothing to give but an old tub mill.
Refrain Fa-de-re-de-ri-you-die-you-die. Fa-de-re-de-ri.
2. He first called up his oldest son;
He says: "My son, I'm well nigh done. If the mill to you I should make, Come, tell me how much toll you intend for to take." Refrain |
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