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Thread #80253   Message #2969504
Posted By: Jim Dixon
20-Aug-10 - 01:25 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Factory Girl (from Rita Connolly)
Subject: Lyr Add: FACTORY GIRL
From The Voice of Southern Labor: Radio, Music, and Textile Strikes, 1929-1934 by Vincent J. Roscigno, William F. Danaher (Minneapolis: U of Minnesota Press, 2004), page 74:

1. Yonder stands that spinning-room boss.
He looks so short and stout.
I'm going to marry a country boy
Before this year goes out.

CHORUS: Pity me all day. Pity me, I pray.
Pity me, my darling, and take me far away.

2. I'll bid you factory girls farewell.
Come see me if you can.
I'm gonna quit this factory work
And marry me a fine young man.

Additional verses from Folk Music: A Regional Exploration by Norm Cohen (Greenwood Publishing Group, 2005), page 138:

3. No more I'll hear that whistle blow.
The sound of it I hate.
No more I'll hear that boss man say,
"Young girl, you are too late."

4. No more I'll hear this roaring,
This roaring over my head,
While you poor girls are hard at work
And I'll be home in bed.