"Down By The Old Mill Stream"

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"Down by the Old Mill Stream" was written by Tell Taylor [1876-1937] in 1908 while he was sitting on the banks of the Blanchard River. Since then over 4 million copies of the song's sheet music has been sold and it has been a staple for barbershop quartets.

Lyrics

(Verse 1)

My darling I am dreaming of the days gone by,
When you and I were sweethearts beneath the summer sky;
Your hair has turned to silver the gold has faded too;
But still I will remember, where I first met you.

(Verse 2)

The old mill wheel is silent and has fallen down,
The old oak tree has withered and lies there on the ground;
While you and I are sweethearts the same as days of yore;
Although we've been together, forty years and more.

(Chorus)

Down by the old mill stream where I first met you,
With your eyes of blue, dressed in gingham too,
It was there I knew that you loved me true,
You were sixteen, my village queen, by the old mill stream.