Lyr Req: Cotton Dust (Elly Lucas)

Subject: Lyr Req: Roving Journeyman - Cotton Mill lyrics?
From: GUEST,WillowWarbler
Date: 15 Dec 21 - 10:42 AM

Hello all,

I'm hoping you can help me with a conundrum. A few years ago I heard a song (on a streaming service that shall not be named), which was the tune of the Roving Journeyman, but with lyrics about the trials and tribulations of working in a cotton mill.

I can't remember the song now, and it bugs me every time the tune is played. The only part of a line I remember is "you knew her by the way she wore a bobbin in her hair", and then the last line of the verse often ended with "[something] cotton dust".

Does *anyone* else have a recollection of this, or is just me? Any help to end my quest and save my bandmates from me saying "this has these lyrics..." every time we play it is much appreciated!

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Roving Journeyman - Cotton Mill lyrics?
From: Thompson
Date: 15 Dec 21 - 12:13 PM

This it?

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Roving Journeyman - Cotton Mill lyrics?
From: GUEST
Date: 15 Dec 21 - 12:30 PM

YES!

Many many thanks. I've been searching for this on and off for years

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Roving Journeyman - Cotton Mill lyrics?
From: Thompson
Date: 16 Dec 21 - 05:06 AM

My searcher's luck came in. I just searched (using Bing, then Google) for "cotton dust" and it came up!