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,