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Thread #88922 Message #1672928
Posted By: Abby Sale
19-Feb-06 - 12:28 PM
Thread Name: DTStudy Lewiston/Lowell Factory Girl
Subject: RE: DTStudy Lewiston/Lowell Factory Girl
Hedy's version:
Lewiston Factory Mill Girls 2
Come all ye Lewiston factory girls
I want you to understand,
I'm gonna leave this factory and
Return to my native land.
Sing dum dee wicker-dee dum dee way,
Sing dum dee wicker-dee dum dee way.
No more I'll take my shaker and shawl
And hurry to the mill;
No more I'll work so pesky hard
To earn a dollar bill.
No more I'll take my comb and go
To the glass to comb my hair;
No more the overseer'll say,
"What're ye doin' there."
No more I'll take my towel and soap
And go to the sink to wash;
No more the overseer'll say,
"You're makin' a terrible splosh."
No more I'll take my bobbins out
No more I'll put them in;
No more the overseer'll say,
"You're weavin' your cloth too thin."
No more I'll eat cold pudding,
No more I'll eat hard bread;
No more I'll eat those half-baked beans,
I vow they're killing me dead.
I'm goin' back to Boston, girls,
I'll live on Tremont Street;
And I want all ye factory girls
To come to my house and eat.