Historic Sheet Music Collection
Document Type
Score
Links to Recordings at the Internet Archive
https://archive.org/details/78_2478-Down-by-the-old-mill-stream
https://archive.org/details/78_down-by-the-old-mill-stream_arthur-godfrey-and-the-chordettes-taylor_gbia0015029b
https://archive.org/details/78_down-by-the-old-mill-stream_bing-crosby-the-foursome-john-scott-trotter-tell-taylor_gbia0011793b
https://archive.org/details/78_down-by-the-old-mill-stream_frogba_gbia0032130a
https://archive.org/details/78_down-by-the-old-mill-stream_harry-macdonough-taylor_gbia0013544a
https://archive.org/details/78_down-by-the-old-mill-stream_jerry-colonna-jerry-colonna-jerry-colonna-jerry-colo_gbia0032518a
https://archive.org/details/78_down-by-the-old-mill-stream_sweet-violet-boys-taylor_gbia0018085a
https://archive.org/details/78_down-by-the-old-mill-stream_the-jubileers-tell-taylor_gbia0011430b
Publication Date
1910
Lyrics
My darling I am dreaming, of days gone by,
When you and I were sweethearts, beneath the summer sky;
Your hair has turned to silver, the gold has faded too;
But still I will remember, where I first met you.
CHORUS
Down by the old mill stream, where I first met you,
With your eyes of blue, dressed in gingham too,
It was there I knew, that you loved me true,
You were sixteen, my village queen, by the old mill stream,
Down by the stream.
The old mill wheel is silent, and has fallen down,
The old oak tree has withered, and lies there on the ground;
While you and I are sweethearts, the same as days of yore;
Although we’ve been together, forty years and more.
Recommended Citation
Taylor, Tell, "Down By The Old Mill Stream" (1910). Historic Sheet Music Collection. 280.
https://digitalcommons.conncoll.edu/sheetmusic/280
The views expressed in this paper are solely those of the author.
Comments
Down By The Old Mill Stream . By Tell Taylor. Tell Taylor Music Publisher. Chicago.
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