The Miller of Dee
Language: English after the English
There was a jolly miller once lived on the river Dee;
He worked and sung from morn till night, no lark more blithe than he.
And this the burden of his song for ever used to be:
"I care for nobody, no, not I, if nobody cares for me.
"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."
So sang the jolly miller, who lived on the river Dee;
He worked and sung from morn till night, no lark more blithe than he.
And this the burden of his song for ever used to be:
"I care for nobody, no not I, if nobody cares for me."
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- Also set in English, [adaptation] ; composed by Roger Quilter.
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- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "El moliner del riu Dee", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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El moliner del riu Dee
Language: Catalan (Català) after the English
Hi havia un alegre moliner que vivia al riu Dee; treballava i
cantava del matí fins a la nit, cap alosa era més alegre que ell.
I aquesta solia ser sempre la tornada de la seva cançó: “No em
preocupo per ningú, no, no pas jo, si ningú es preocupa per mi.”
“Jo estimo el meu molí, per a mi és com un pare, un fill
i una muller, no canviaria pas el meu lloc per cap altre a la vida.
Aleshores empenyeu, empenyeu, empenyeu la copa, companys, i passeu-me-la,
quan més de temps seiem aquí i bevem, més alegres estarem.”
Així cantava l’alegre moliner que vivia al riu Dee; treballava i
cantava del matí fins a la nit, cap alosa era més alegre que ell.
I aquesta solia ser sempre la tornada de la seva cançó: “No em
preocupo per ningú, no, no pas jo, si ningú es preocupa per mi.”
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- Translation from English to Catalan (Català) copyright © 2024 by Salvador Pila, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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