Old Man At The Mill

Traditional

Key of G · Chords: I IV V VII bV

Chorus

     G                  F
Same old man sitting at the mill
    G                        C   C#   D
The mill turns around of its own free will
     G                                  F
Hand in the hopper and the other in the sack
       G                    D     G
Ladies step forward and the gents fall back

Verse 1

Down sat an owl and he said all quiet
         G       C C#       D
Lonesome day and a lonesome night
        G                F
Thought I heard a pretty girl say
      G                 D          G
Court all night and you sleep next day

Verse 2

     G                    F
Well then, said the raven as she flew
   G             C   C#  D
If I was a young one I’d get two
    G                          F
One for to fetch and the other to sew
    G                    D    G
I’d have a string for my bow, bow, bow

Verse 3

   G            F
My old man’s in Kalamazoo
   G             C     C# D
He don’t give no “yes, I do”
      G                           F
First to the left and then to the right
     G               D       G
This old mill grinds day and night