Britten Cheat Sheet

12 12 There was a jolly miller once lived on the river Dee He worked and sang from morn till night, no lark more blithe than he And this the burden of his song forever used to be “I care for nobody, no, not I, since nobody cares for me 12 I love my mill, she is to me like parent, child, and wife. I would not change my station for any other in life. Then push, push, push the bowl my boys and pass it round to me, The longer we sit here and drink the merrier we shall be 12 12 So sang the jolly miller who lived on the river Dee He worked and sang from morn till night, no lark more blithe than he And this the burden of his song forever used to be “I care for nobody, no, not I, since nobody cares for me I care for nobody, no, not I, since nobody

cares for

me

Down by the Salley gardens my love and I did meet, she passed the Salley gardens with little snow white feet She bid me take love easy as the leaves grow on the tree But I being young and foolish with her did not agree In a field by the river my love and I did stand, and on my leaning shoulder she laid her snow white hand She bid me take life easy as the grass grows on the weirs, But I was young and foolish, and now am full of tears. ^^p

The water is wide I cannot get o’er, and neither have I wings to fly Give me a boat that will carry two and both shall row, my love and I

^ mf Oh down in the meadow the other day, a gathering flowers both fine and gay A gathering flowers both red and blue, I little thought what love can do. ^ ^ pI leaned my back up against some oak, thinking that he was a trusty tree, But first he bended and then he broke, and so did my false love to me. ^ f

A ship there is and she sails the sea, she’s loaded deep as deep can be But not so deep as the love I’m in; I know not if I sink or swim

^ ^ pp Oh love is handsome and love is fine, and love’s a jewel while it is new, But when it is old, it groweth kold, and fades away like morning dew 33

Oliver Cromwell lay buried and dead, Hee Haw buried and dead There grew an old apple tree over his head, Hee Haw over his head

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The apples were ripe and ready to fall, Hee Haw ready to fall There came an old woman to gather them all, Hee Haw gather them all

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Oliver rose and gave her a drop, Hee Haw gaver her a drop Which made the old woman go hippety-hop, Hee haw hippety-hop

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The saddle and bridle they lie on the shelf, Hee Haw lie on the shelf If you want any more you can sing it yourself, Hee Haw sing it yourself