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GUEST,bigJ Lyr/Chords Req: The Jute Mill Song (any Dundo (10) RE: Lyr/Chords Req: The Jute Mill Song (any Dundo 12 Jan 01


Yes, Malcolm, you're right it's on page 41 of 'Sidlaw Breezes', my copy I bought from Mary at the very first Blairgowrie Folk Festival which must be about 30 years ago. Here are the words as printed:-

Oh, dear me, the mill's gaen fest,
The puir wee shifters canna get a rest,
Shiftin' bobbins, coorse and fine,
They fairly mak' ye work for your ten and nine.

Oh, dear me, I wish the day was done,
Rinning up and doon the Pass is no nae (sic) fun;
Shiftin', piecing, spinning, warp, weft and twine,
Tae feed and cled my bairnie affen ten and nine.

Oh, dear me, the warld's ill-divided,
Them that work the hardest are aye wi' least provided.
But I maun bide contented, dark days or fine,
But there's no much pleasure living affen ten and nine.

Wasn't it brought to some degree of prominence when Ewan MacColl recorded on a 10" LP called 'Industrial Ballads' ?


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