Western New York.
Another version:
Happy is the miller that lives in the mill;
While the mill goes round, he works with a will;
One hand in the hopper, and one in the bag,
The mill goes around, and he cries out, Grab!
Cincinnati.
The miller, whose pay used to be taken in a proportion of corn ground, was a common object of popular satire.
In Germany the mill-wheel, as it slowly revolves, is said to exclaim—
There is—a thief—in the mill!
Then, moving more quickly—
Who is he? who is he? who is he?