Sandy's Mill

DESCRIPTION: "Sandy had a nice little mill." "Sandy, quo he, Lend me your mill!" "Sandy lent the man his mill, And the man got a loan of Sandy's mill, And the mill that was lent was Sandy's mill, An the mill belonged to Sandy."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1960 (Tobittt)
KEYWORDS: miller bargaining
FOUND IN: Britain(Scotland(Aber))
REFERENCES (5 citations):
Gatherer-SongsAndBalladsOfDundee 72, "Sandy's Mill" (1 text, 1 tune)
Montgomerie/Montgomerie-ScottishNurseryRhymes 177, "('Sandy,' quo he, lend me your mill!')" (1 short text)
Morris-FolksongsOfFlorida, #104, "Sandy's Mill" (1 fragment, 1 tune, linked to "Sandy's Mill" by the title and a few of the words but to "Keep My Skillet Good and Greasy" by the tune)
Averill-CampSongsFolkSongs, pp. 315, 391,433, 496, "Sandy's Mill" (notes only)
Tobitt-TheDittyBag, p. 32, "Sandy's Mill" (1 text, 1 tune, presumably the antecedent of the Camp versions, which appears to combine this chorus with a bit of "Three Blue Pigeons" and also seems to have a Winnie-the-Pooh "Tiddley-pom" line)
Roud #2875
File: MSNR177

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