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Dusty Miller (English Version)
Traditional. English, Scottish; Old Hornpipe (3/2 time) or Country Dance Tune (versions in 3/4 and 6/8 time). Words by Robert Burns
CATEGORY: Fiddle and Instrumental Tunes DATE: 1788
OTHER NAMES: "Binny's/Benny's Jig," "Hey the Dusty Miller"
SOURCES: The air, Dusty Miller, is in the Crockat MS- 1709. Alburger (Scottish Fiddlers and Their Music), 1983; Ex. 6d, pg. 22. Ashman (The Ironbridge Hornpipe), 1991; No. 114b, pg. 48. Barnes (English Country Dance Tunes, 2nd ed. only). Chappell (Popular Music of the Olden Times), Vol. 2, 1859; pg. 166. Johnson, 1984; No. 76, pg. 225. Neal Collection. Preston, Twenty-Four Country Dances for the Year 1797. Preston, Collection Book III. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; pg. 14. Walsh, Caledonian Country Dances. Peter Barnes et al - "BLT." Kuntz, Fiddler's Companion, http://www.ceolas.org/tunes/fc;
NOTES: Kuntz lists 7 separate tunes under the “Dusty Miller” title. The translated lyrics by Robert Burns included here could be reworked to fit “The Miller’s Reel,” the mid-west version commonly played at mid-western fiddle contests. (Kuntz, Fiddler's Companion, http://www.ceolas.org/tunes/fc).
The Old-Time version played by John Carson and later by the Fuzzy Mountain String Band (N.C.) can be found in Brody (Fiddler's Fakebook), 1983; pg. 96. Krassen (Appalachian Fiddle), 1973; pg. 53. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), Vol. 1, 1994; pg. 78. It has been linked to the song "Hard Time a Comin'." (Kuntz, Fiddler's Companion, http://www.ceolas.org/tunes/fc).
LYRICS:
Dusty Miller, The (English Version) Hey the dusty miller
And his dusty coat!
He will spend a shilling
Ere he win a groat.
Dusty was the coat,
Dusty was the colour,
Dusty was the kiss
That I got from the miller!
Hey the dusty miller
And his dusty sack!
Dear is to me on the calling
Fills the dusty peck!
Fills the dusty peck,
Brings the dusty money!
I would give my coat
For the dusty miller!
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