The quern song

Maids, at morn, grind the good corn

Each in her mill with a will!

In go the oats, wheat and pearly barley,

Down in a shower falls the flour.

Winding strong, grinding all day long,

Round and round goes the mill;

Grinding turn-about, till the meal is out,

Must never, never be still.

Those hands that are strongest

Will find a welcome here,

And they who work the longest

Shall earn the best cheer.

Those hands that are strongest

Will find a welcome here,

And they who work the longest

Shall earn the best cheer.

Winding strong, grinding all day long,

Round and round goes the mill;

Grinding turn-about, till the meal is out,

Must never, never be still.