Here's one written and performed by an Aussie lass by the name of Jane Saunders.

LILY WHITE HANDS

Oh mother, oh mother, I found my true love.
He will give me a golden band.
Gonna wear your gown to church on Sunday,
And I will give him my lily-white hand.

CHORUS: “Oh, Mary Rose, you can do better
Than to marry that boy,” her mother said.
“Oh Mary Rose, my youngest daughter,
Don’t you marry that boy and share his bed.
Don’t wear a gold band on your lily-white hand.”

“Oh, mother, oh, mother, I really love him.
Won’t you try to understand?
I will go to church as a wife of a farmer
And I will pray with my lily-white hands.”

(Chorus)

“Oh, mother, you found your peace in heaven,
And I remember the words you said.
And when I go to church on Sunday,
I will pray with my callused old hands.”

(Chorus).

Allan

HTML line breaks added. --JoeClone, 26-Feb-02.