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Old Man at the Mill

Source Recording: The Dillards (1963)

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Song Details

Alternate Title

The Old Man at the Mill

Songwriter

Clarence Ashley

First Release

The Dillards (1963)

Genres

Folk

Attributes

Flat Chords

Popularity

Uncommon

Source Recording

Artist

The Dillards

Album

Back Porch Bluegrass (1963)

Key G Time Boom-Chuck Tempo 120 BPM Length 1:55 ISRC USEE11000494

Musicians

Rodney Dillard — Lead Vocals, Guitar
Doug Dillard — Backup Vocals, Banjo
Dean Webb — Mandolin
Mitchell Jayne — Bass

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Other Notable Recordings

The Old Man at the Mill

Doc Watson and Clarence Ashley · The Original Folkways Recordings of Doc Watson and Clarence Ashley, 1960-1962 (1994)

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Old Man at the Mill

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Same old man livin’ at the mill

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The mill turns around of its own free will

Hand in the hopper and the other in the sack

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Ladies step forward and the gents fall back

Well down sat an owl and he said all quiet

Lonesome day and a lonesome night

Thought I heard a pretty girl say

Court all night and sleep next day

Well then said the raven as she flew

If I was a young one I’d have two

One for to kid and the other to sew

I’d have a string by my bow bow bow

Well my old man’s in Kalamazoo

He don’t wear no yes I do

First to the left and then to the right

This old mill grinds day and night

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