
Date of issue: 01.07.2014
Record label: Suburban Squire
Song language: English
Let Them Wear Their Watches Fine |
I lived in a town way down south |
By the name of Buffalo |
Worked in the mill with the rest of the trash |
As we’re often called you know |
You factory folks who sing this rhyme |
Will surely understand |
The reason why I love you so |
Is I’m a factory hand |
While standing here between my looms |
You know I lose no time |
To keep my shuttles in a whizz |
And write this little rhyme |
We rise up early in the morn' |
And work all day real hard |
To buy our little meat and bread |
And sugar, tea and lard |
We work from weekend to weekend |
And never lose a day |
And when that awful payday comes |
We draw our little pay |
We then go home on payday night |
And sit down in a chair |
The merchant raps upon the door |
He’s come to get his share |
When all our little debts are paid |
And nothing left behind |
We turn our pockets wrong-side out |
But not a cent can we find |
We rise up early in the morn' |
And toil from soon to late |
We have no time to primp or fix |
And dress right up to date |
Our children they grow up unlearned |
No time to go to school |
Almost before they have learned to walk |
They have learned to spin or spool |
The bossman jerks them round and round |
And whistles very keen |
I’ll tell you what the factory kids |
Are really treated mean |
The folks in town who dress so fine |
And spend their money free |
Will hardly look at a factory hand |
Who dresses like you and me |
As we go walking down the street |
All wrapped in lint and strings |
They call us fools and factory trash |
And other lowdown things |
Well let them wear their watches fine |
Their rings and pearly strings |
When the day of judgement comes |
We’ll make 'em shed their pretty things |
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John Brown's Body | 2013 |
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Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream | 2014 |
Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues | 2005 |
Midnight Special ft. Pete Seeger | 2011 |
Lonesome Traveller ft. Pete Seeger | 2011 |
Wimoweh ft. Pete Seeger | 2011 |
Tzena Tzena Tzeana ft. Pete Seeger | 2011 |
Old Paint ft. Pete Seeger | 2011 |
Darling Corey ft. Pete Seeger | 2011 |
Around the Corner ft. Pete Seeger | 2011 |
The Roving Kind ft. Pete Seeger | 2011 |
Kisses Sweeter Than Mine ft. Pete Seeger | 2011 |
The Blind Fiddler | 2014 |
Clementine | 2014 |
Shenandoah | 2014 |