Cotton Mill Girls
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(1) I worked in the cotton mill all my life
I ain't got nothing but a barlow knife
It's a hard times, cotton mill girls
Hard times everywhere
Chorus:
It's a hard times, cotton mill girls
A hard times, cotton mill girls
Hard times, cotton mill girls
Hard times everywhere
(2) In 1915 we heard it said
"Move to cotton country and get ahead."
It's a hard times, cotton mill girls
Hard times everywhere
Chorus
(3) From Gilmer to Bartow is a long, long way
Down Cartecay from Ellijay
It's a hard times, cotton mill girls
Hard times everywhere
Chorus
(4) When I die don't bury me at all
Just hang me up on the spinning room wall
And pickle my bones in al-ki-hol
It's a hard times, cotton mill girls
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