Down By The Old Mill Stream
- tell taylor
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DOWN BY THE OLD MILL STREAM - THE ETON BOYS
DOWN BY THE OLD MILL STREAM (SCREEN SONGS) 1933
DOWN BY THE OLD MILL STREAM (SCREEN SONGS) 1933
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In 1908, traveling Vaudeville performer Tell Taylor wrote one of the most popular tunes of the early 1900's - Down By The Old Mill Stream. At the time, Taylor's friends persuaded him that the song was not worthy of publishing. However, the song became one of Tin Pan Alley's most commercially successful songs. The song soared after being performed at a Kansas City Woolworth store by Vaudeville quartet The Orpheus Comedy Four. In 1911, just after its release, the song charted at #1. Since then the song has been recorded countless times, and it has become a barbershop quartet favorite. In 1933 the song was the basis for a animated short in Max Fleischer's Screen Songs series, featuring The Bouncing Ball.
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1911
HARRY MacDONOUGH AND CHORUS |
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1911
ARTHUR CLOUGH |
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1911
STANDARD MALE QUARTET |
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1927
JIMMIE LUNCEFORD |
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1934
BUNNY BERIGAN |
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1936
SWEET VIOLET BOYS |
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1937
BING CROSBY |
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1939
BENNY GOODMAN |
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1939
GENE KRUPA |
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1944
THE SONS OF THE PIONEERS |
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1945
JIMMY DURANTE AND FRIENDS |
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194?
PETER RASMUSSEN'S ORCHESTRA |
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1946
FRANK SINATRA AND GENE KELLY |
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1946
FRANKIE CARLE QUARTET |
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1952
NAT KING COLE |
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1954
BARBERSHOP QUARTET |
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1957
SIDNEY BECHET AND ANDRE REWELIOTTY |
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1957
SIDNEY BECHET |
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1958
MITCH MILLER AND THE GANG |
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1959
THE MILLS BROTHERS |
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1959
THE CREW-CUTS |
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1960
THE FRANTICS FOUR |
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196?
KATE SMITH |
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1965
THE CHIPMUNKS |
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1965
HARRY JAMES |
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1966
LENA HORN |
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1967
THE SUPREMES |
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1975
FRED SANFORD (SANFORD & SON) |
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1982
JOHN DENVER AND THE MUPPETS |
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1990
139th STREET QUARTET |
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1991
ALVIN ACORN |
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2003
THE SINGING BUSTS FROM THE HAUNTED MANSION |
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2004
ANTTI SARPILA MEETS EINO GRON |
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2008
THE MELLOWMEN WITH THURL RAVENSCROFT |
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2010
ODEON JAZZ QUARTET |
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2014
THE GROOVE BARBERS |
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2015
TRAILER PARK BOYS |
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2017
BOB SZAJNER DIGITAL ENSAMBLE |
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PLAYER PIANO |
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KARAOKE |
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DOWN BY THE OLD MILL STREAM
(Verse 1)
My darling I am dreaming of the 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.
(Verse 2)
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.
(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.
(Verse 1)
My darling I am dreaming of the 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.
(Verse 2)
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.
(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.
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