“The Jolly Grinder”

Description

"There was a jolly grinder Once lived by the river Don. He worked and sang from morn till night, And sometimes he worked none." The grinder rails against teetotalers, informing them, "Attend to your work if you've ought to do And don't interfere with me."

Notes

This is quite obviously an answer to, and parody of, "The Miller of Dee," providing a somewhat sarcastic response to the (really rather tame) moralizing of that song. - RBW

Same tune

• The Miller of Dee (File: K229A)

Cross references

• cf. "The Miller of Dee" (tune)
• cf. "These Temperance Folks" (theme)

References

1. DT, JOLLGRND*
2. BI, DTjollgr