Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Cotton Mill Colic, artist - Pete Seeger. Album song Michael Row the Boat Ashore, in the genre Музыка мира
Date of issue: 01.07.2014
Record label: Suburban Squire
Song language: English
Cotton Mill Colic |
When you go to work well you work like the devil |
At the end of the week you’re not on the level |
Payday comes, you ain’t got a penny |
'Cause when you pay your bills you got so many |
I’m a-gonna starve and everybody will |
'Cause you can’t make a livin' in a cotton mill |
When you buy clothes on easy terms |
Collector treats you like a measly worm |
One dollar down and the Lord knows |
If you can’t make a payment, they take your clothes |
I’m a-gonna starve and everybody will |
'Cause you can’t make a livin' in a cotton mill |
Payday comes, you pay your rent |
End of the week you ain’t got a cent |
To buy fat-backed meat, pinto beans |
Cook up a mess o' turnip greens |
I’m a-gonna starve and everybody will |
'Cause you can’t make a livin' in a cotton mill |
Ashes to ashes and dust to dust |
Let the rich man live and the poor man bust |
We’ll never make it, we never will |
As long as we work in a rounding mill |
I’m a-gonna starve and everybody will |
'Cause you can’t make a livin' in a cotton mill |