Just realised this parody is not already in this thread (though it is on Mudcat). Grey Flannel Line (a sewing chantey by Carol Tawney, "discovered" by Vikki Appleton Fielden around 2002) I work my shift, day after day Sew thermal undies, all in grey Perhaps pyjamas, now and then But then it's back to kecks again It's one more day on the grey flannel line Don't mind the grain nor an open seam A button fly never worries me But the dullest time in a boring day Is to watch the knickers roll away It's one more day on the grey flannel line No silks or satins do I sew Them pants and vests, they come and go Even when corsets roll on by It's still so boring I could cry Just one more stay on the grey flannel line Oh Lord, if dreams were only real I'd get my hands on some satin teal Make racy shreds to help me score And work the grey flannel line no more
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