Mythology & Folklore
There was a jolly miller (another version)
From The Nursery Rhymes of England, collected by J. O. Halliwell (London: Warne; first ed. 1842; this printing 1886)
There was a jolly miller
Lived on the river Dee:
He worked and sung from morn till night,
No lark so blithe as he,
And this the burden of his song
For ever used to be--
I jump mejerrime jee!
I care for nobody--no! not I,
Since nobody cares for me.
Codex Note
Halliwell's class: Songs.
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Anonymous (English nursery rhymes). “There was a jolly miller (another version).” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-english-nursery-rhymes/164/.
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Anonymous (English nursery rhymes). “There was a jolly miller (another version).” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-english-nursery-rhymes/164/.
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