That round about me lay.

“But, as I came down from the hill-top,

I heard, afar below,

How busy the jolly miller was,

And how merry the wheel did go!

“And I peeped into the widow’s field;

And sure enough were seen

The yellow ears of the mildewed corn

All standing stiff and green.

“And down by the weaver’s croft I stole,