CGE230 The Old Mill - Kenneth Riggs 

From the souls of nervous chorus students, thank you!

I sang this song for my choir, definitely my favorite song so far.

I love how the piano part is pretty much the same throughout, going up and down constantly, representing the wheel turning. Nice touch

I was about to cry when our ensemble was singing it, such a beautiful yet sad story😭💕💕💕💕💕💕

We are singing this in my school choir. It gives me chills. :)

Our school recently did this piece, and it has to be my favorite piece we've done all year.

We're starting to learn this piece, and I love it so much. I hope our choir can sound as good as this! Its such a sad story... ;-;

I was fortunate enough to sing in Mr. Riggs’ choirs for 2 years, he is an amazing teacher and an incredible composer

Such beautiful voices, this chior did such a beautiful, wonderful, amazing work turning a sad story into an amazing song

sang this years ago in 8th grade, i'm a rising junior in college now :") still think about this song often

I remember singing this song in eighth grade. At a choir event, since the next group performing was late, my choir just randomly started singing this. No conductor or anything. It was awesome

A beautiful song about love and loss with the feeling of being sad and happy at the same time

My junior year we got this song, practiced it for three classes, then school was cut because of COVID. The next year we finally got to perform it and it's been my favourite song ever since. Now that I'm out of school I'm actually really sad that I can't sing songs like this with others. :-( But I guess I should be happy about being able to perform this beautiful song at least once.

HERE from the brow of the hill I look, Through a lattice of boughs and leaves, On the old gray mill with its gambrel roof, And the moss on its rotting eaves. I hear the clatter that jars its walls, And the rushing water’s sound, And I see the black floats rise and fall As the wheel goes slowly round. I rode there often when I was young, With my grist on the horse before, And talked with Nelly, the miller’s girl, As I waited my turn at the door; And while she tossed her ringlets brown, And flirted and chatted so free, The wheel might stop or the wheel might go, It was all the same to me. ’T is twenty years since last I stood On the spot where I stand to-day, And Nelly is wed, and the miller is dead, And the mill and I are gray. But both, till we fall into ruin and wreck, To our fortune of toil are bound; And the man goes, and the stream flows, And the wheel moves slowly round.

Hey Altos we have moving notes! :D

I did this back in 7th grade, still my favorite piece ever. Such a beautiful song

My chorus was supposed to sing this for our spring concert. Due to COVID it was cancelled but I really hope we can try again this next year.

Singing this in Concert Choir

We just got this song in chorus TWO count 'em TWO days ago and I already love this song and know like half the words 😂😂😂

I often come back to this video. This is my favorite song I ever did in all my 5 years of choir, I adored my conductor and I have such good memories from this class. ❤️

Sang this song years ago and still can't get it out of my head! My all time favorite choral piece.

Mr. Riggs is one of the choir teachers at my school, it was super cool to find out he wrote this song :3 I really enjoyed singing it with my choir 😁

Love this song so much ❤❤ in my school choir we are singing this song at our upcoming spring performance in May ❤❤

This is my favorite choir song of all time. It’s such a beautiful song to perform

I sang this for my choir (although it was only SAB and not SATB) and oml it was BEAUTIFUL. I would put the youtube link here, but they took it off of youtube because something went wrong :(

We're singing this in choir and I love it!

We’re singing it for our concert next week, this is my favorite song.

So far in my school choir this is my favorite piece of music... kinda haunting, all-around amazing!

Sang this song in Honor's Choir earlier this year. I fell in love with it!

This was my favorite song that we sang in my high school choir. I miss our teacher, she was the best. This song really made me cry when we first started learning it.

I have to sing a song for us and I get goosebumps every time I hear it

We're doing this for our concert tonight :)

i never sang this in school but im so glad i found it-- definitely suggesting this to my choir teacher, i got chills!

We’ve been working on this and I can’t wait to preform this

Singing this as a bass in my choir was an experience, made my hairs stand up each time

This song is a staple at my school and we do it every year we can by the time I graduate I’m probably going to have sang all the parts in concert

Last year my choir sang this song and got superior because of it absolutely love this song

im singing this with my senior choir and it's actually my fav thing ever it's so beautiful

I had Mr. Riggs as a choir teacher when I was in high school and I sang this song while in high school and he was my teacher.

We are doing this for a Choir Contest, it’s so beautiful, I-

We did this at Sig Rogich Middle School and this is the BEST song we have done in the three years I have been there

we're doing this in my school choir this year and im so happy we're doing it my senior year such a good song

Me and my choir are going to be performing this song, which I love so much, and I cannot stop listening to these beautiful videos.

Good to know pretty much every other choir is learning this song

My choir is doing this, and honestly I love this song. It’s my favorite so far.

Sang this in my chior during my freshman year. Still a huge favorite of mine. ♡♡

“And the mill and I are gray.” That hits so hard, and I’m not even 18 yet 💀

Thank you so much for this wonderful piece that we are learning to perform. It really touches my hart. One of my favorits!

I sang this 2 years ago for the all state process. I still the music on me

We sang this on Ash Wednesday

Thank you

sung this in my show choir for reflections, amazing.

My choirs did this. It's one of my favorites

Favorite piece I’ve ever gotten to do

I love this song! I am singing this in choir. My choir got gold ranking in Nationals so I am so excited to see what we can do with song! Thank you!

I’m singing this in chorus at this moment and I love the accompaniment and the story this story tells.

Learning this piece, it sound great.

Our choir teacher Paul Putnam will be known as a good friend a good teacher and a mentor. Thank you Putnam

probably my favorite choir song we've ever done, thanks for posting this!

This song is great, it has a great accompaniment too

we're doin g this in choir. LOVE IT. except in SAB not SATB

This song is stuck in my head i hear it when im sailing the sea in sea of thieves

did this song for my 8th grade year of choir, even as a senior it's still one of my favorite songs ever

Bro I learned this in 7 grade and now I’m in freshman year and I still love it

We are learning this song, and it makes me remember all the happy moments of my animals, and my dog died recently and it makes me remember him. Overall this is a good song

Wow…this is beautiful.

I absolutely love this song. This song is one of my favorite songs I've done apart from another one that I did

My ensemble is singing this piece this year and it's one of my favorites that I've ever performed

What a beautiful song. I did 4 years in show choir back in 86-90. My youngest daughter just did this song. I was jealous.

Im singing this in a school concert in March, I'm so excited! Wish me luck!

We’re singing this song in chorus rn and I love it, so pretty :)

So many mementoes from freshman year thanks 🙏🏾

this song gives me chills everytime i sing it in my choir.

I just noticed this is 2 years old and the creator hearts every comment, also thanks I like this song and need to practice it for choir

My favorite song in choir

Was gonna sing this for our spring concert before covid cancelled everything I still love the song and still have my part memorized by heart ❤

My chior group is learning this rn and it's such a beautiful song I can't wait to sing it for festival!

I love that all of us in the comments are choir kids who sang this 😂❤️

I’m doing this for TMEA I’m here to practice

This song is so beautiful twt

Sang this for honors, was going to do it for our concert 5 months ago but school was cancelled the day before

I sang the song in middle school. Beautiful use of F sharp minor/a major, depending on how you think of it. Maybe Sing For Serenity Virtual Choir will pick it up. I’ve filled it to the believer. God bless.

I love it

never gonna give you up never gonna let you down never gonna run around and desert you

I have this song for choir 8th grade, we do well and I love it I'm the alto witch is like the very cool echo

I sang this song for my choir this year but let's be honest this was so much nicer to listen to cause it wasn't recorded on a phone these are quality mikes.

1:01 😍

this was my first song I sung jn a high-school chpir, and I was only in 7th grade and I was very nervous but this definitely got my confidence in singing up and it's my favorite song I've sung

Thompson Jr High School’s Class of 2026 Choir loves this song.

I’m pretty sure my choir class is doing this for state festivals this year

It's a great song to sing in choir

my choir is doing this piece, its so pretty

My choir was supposed to sing this, but our teacher never really had us practice it. 😕

I just song this at school

Do you also have the SAB version? I’m on a choir nostalgia mission!

I've sang this song for the 2 years I've been in highschool so far but the upperclassmen say that they sang it their freshmen year too It's kind of overplayed in our choir

JR Gerrits concert choir 17-18 gang

Not me playing this in the car

I come from my chorus room.

Anyone know the meaning behind this song?