Ok, now it's gone from a passing hazy memory to a serious question. It's been at least fifteen years since I've heard this song. I think it's called "Working on the midnight Mill" I'll try to dredge the chorus up out of my hazy brain:

Working on the midnight mill,
Working on the midnight mill,
With me hoe and me shovel and me pail
I'm working on the midnight mill.

[chorus lyrics vary from verse to verse I think]

The song mentions his inability to get a girl because of his smell, etc. etc. :)

Teresa