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Old Man at the Mill

from Shapeshifter by Tempest

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Old Man at the Mill (Trad.)
“This is a traditional American roots piece — a 19th Century work song from the Appalachian mountains. Tempest has never recorded anything from America before. Many people from the British Isles who settled in America chose the Appalachian Mountains as their home. They wrote songs that related to their roots, but reflected the new world as well — an idea also inherent in the Tempest philosophy.”

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Same old man working at the mill
The mill turns around of it's own free will
Hand in the hopper and the other in a sack
The ladies step forward and the gents fall back

Down said the owl, his head all white
Lonesome day and a lonesome night
Thought I heard a pretty girl say
Work all night and sleep next day

Who am I said the raven as she flew
If I was a young man I'd have two
One for to fetch and the other for to sew
I'd have a little string from a bow, bow, bow

My old man is 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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from Shapeshifter, released May 20, 2003

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