Annotation:Old Miller (The)

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OLD MILLER, THE. Old-Time, Reel. Vance Randolph believes this tune a variant of "Turkey in the Straw." "Turkey in the Straw" is itself thought to be a variant of the British tune "Rose Tree (The)", a popular and widespread tune that lent itself as the vehicle for numerous songs, among them "My Grandmother Lived on Yonder Little Green" and "The Miller Boy." The latter title is not the only "Miller" connection with a "Turkey in the Straw" variant, for "Turkey..." has been called, along with several other names, "Jolly Old Miller (The)" from which Randolph's title presumably derived.

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