Songs (by Jill)

There was always "100 bottles of beer on the wall" we'd sing in the back of the car when we started getting bored. I've changed the word "beer" over the years (hey that rhymes) but it's not as easy to sing. We'd also sing "Row, Row, Row Your Boat" in rounds. Then the following song, "Old Mill Stream", I don't think I'll ever forget but not really sure where, when or who I learned it from.

Down by the old, not the new, but the old

Mill stream, not the river but the stream.

Where I first, not the second, but I first

Met you, not me but you.

With your eyes, not your nose, but your eyes

So blue, not green, but blue.

Dressed in gingham, not silk, but gingham

True, not false but true.

You were sixteen, not sixty, but sixteen.

The village queen, not the king, but the queen.

Down by the old, not the new, but the old,

Mill stream ---- not the river but the stream!