I'm trying to find the source for the words of 'Granite Mills' as recorded by Cordelia's Dad

There's a version of the song in the DT: The Granite Mill Fire from the book 'Songs and Ballads from Nova Scotia'

The words to the Cordelia's Dad version are somewhat different:

Granite Mills

In this vain world of trouble, many accidents occur
I'm going to sing about one, as sad as you ever heard
It was in Fall River city, they were all burned up and killed
Imprisoned in a factory known as the 'Granite Mills'

        Now it was my opinion, and it's my opinion still
        They might all have been saved, had the truth been told
        From the flames of the burning mill

The first scene was a cruel one, the girl so young in years
She was standing at the window, and her eyes were bathed in tears
She was standing at the window as she called her mother's name
"Oh mother, mother, save me!," and she fell back in the flames

The next scene was a hard one, as she passed before my eyes
She was leaping out a window, down from the roof so high
With a crack, she fell down on the ground, she was bruised and burned and killed
Three hundred people lost their lives in the flames of the burning mill

One poor girl tried to escape by sliding down a rope
But when she got but halfway down, the burning strands they broke
I hope her soul has gone to rest in a place that's dearer still
Above, above, in heaven above, far away from the burning mill

Any ideas? There's a contemporary account of the incident on this page

Ed