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A Harvest Song for SATB Choir Acappella
Words by Alfred Perceval Graves
Quern Tune Irish Air from Horncastles Irish Entertainment
Arranged by M Ryan Taylor with thanks to C.V. Stanford

I found this song in an old collection of folk music some years ago and arranged it for a Phoenix Rising (my chamber choir) Harvest concert.


The Text:
Maids at morn, grind the good corn
Each in her mill, with a will
In go the oats, wheat and pearly barley
Down, down in a shower falls the flour

Those hands that are strongest
Will find a welcome here
And they who work the longest
Shall have the best cheer

Winding, winding strong, winding all day long
Round, round and round goes the mill
Winding turn about till the meal is out
Must never never never stand still