The Legend Of The Mill - 1906 'The Red Mill'

James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 21 Feb 2004

Old King Johann in days that are gone,
was ruler of land and sea.
A bach'lor proud he talked like a crowd,
and spoke of himself as "We."
His subjects quaked with fear,
when he spake,
and trembled to see his frown.
But a weakness he had
and it put him in the bad.
He loved the swish of a silken gown.

He loves the swish of a silken gown,
the swish of a silken gown.

Johann was a royal sort of Don Juan,
and his reputation frightened all the ladies
and the pretty ones
repaid his tender glances with scorn.
Full, loud on his kingly honor he vowed
with a frightful wrath
that by his conscience laden
he would wed the fairest maiden
that had ever been born.

He Wilhelmina sought for his queen.
a princess as young and slim!
But she loved true
a sailor she knew,
and planned to elope with him.
She ran away to Katwykam-Zee,
but all her plans went ill.
For King Johann that night
over took her in her flight,
and locked her up in The Old Red Mill.

He loves the swish of a silken gown,
the swish of a silken gown.

Johann was a royal sort of Don Juan,
and his reputation frightened all the ladies
and the pretty ones
repaid his tender glances with scorn.
Full, loud on his kingly honor he vowed
with a frightful wrath
that by his conscience laden
he would wed the fairest maiden
that had ever been born.

The night was still, but ghostlike,
the mill kept waving his spectral arms.
And those around heard mystical sounds,
which thrilled them with vague alarms.
At break of dawn the princess had gone,
but how is a mystery still
and at twelve every night
there's a figure all in white,
that haunts the tower of The Old Red Mill.

He loves the swish of a silken gown,
the swish of a silken gown.

Johann was a royal sort of Don Juan,
and his reputation frightened all the ladies
and the pretty ones
repaid his tender glances with scorn.
Full, loud on his kingly honor he vowed
with a frightful wrath
that by his conscience laden
he would wed the fairest maiden
that had ever been born.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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The Legend Of The Mill 1906
Lyrics by Henry Blossom
Music by Victor Herbert
copyright MCMVI by M. Witmark & Sons
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sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Saturday 21 February 2004 at 15.20
in association with Doug Grierson
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David Montgomery and Fred A. Stone in Chas. Dillingham's Production
"The Red Mill"
Music by Victor Herbert. Book & Lyrics by Henry Blossom.
Henry Blossom Publication: New York: M. Witmark & Sons, 1907.
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