The Oldtime Stringband - Cotton Mill Girl (Lester Smallwood)

Recorded in Tulare CA USA on July 15 2014. www.theoldtimestringband.nl instagram @oldtimestringband facebook.com/theoldtimestringband I worked in a cotton mill all of my life Ain’t got nothing but this Barlow knife It’s hard times Cotton Mill Girls, It’s hard times everywhere It’s hard times, Cotton Mill Girls, Hard times, Cotton Mill Girls It’s hard times, Cotton Mill Girls, hard times everywhere In 1915 we heard it said Move to the country and get ahead It's hard times Cotton Mill Girls, It’s hard times everywhere It’s hard times, Cotton Mill Girls, Hard times, Cotton Mill Girls It’s hard times, Cotton Mill Girls, hard times everywhere Us kids worked 14 hours a day For 13 cents of measly pay It’s hard times Cotton Mill Girls, It’s hard times everywhere It’s hard times, Cotton Mill Girls, Hard times, Cotton Mill Girls It’s hard times, Cotton Mill Girls, hard times everywhere When I die don’t buy me at all Just hang me up on the spinning room wall Pickle my bones in alcohol, it’s hard times everywhere It’s hard times, Cotton Mill Girls, Hard times, Cotton Mill Girls It’s hard times, Cotton Mill Girls, hard times everywhere