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Happy Birthday!
Charles Alfred Pillsbury
b12/3/1842 (d1899)
In 1869 he founded one of
the largest flour-milling enterprises of the 19th century. And we know
about millers, don't we?
The miller called to his youngest son
"Son oh Son I'm almost gone
Now if to you this mill is given
How much toll will ya take fur yur livin'?"
The boy says "Father my name is Paul
And out of each bushel I'll take it all
I'll take all the meal and I'll steal the sack
And I'll beat the old farmer if he ever comes back!"
"The Miller's Will" This version from Sam Hinton,
The Songs of Men, Folk-Legacy.
I don't think Americans have as many really stereotyped occupations in
trad song as Brits do. Just cowboys & lawyers come to mind right off.
But the miller certainly retains his Type in N.America as he does in UK.
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