Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues (1954) - Pete Seeger

Ol' man seargent sittin' at the desk

The damn ol' fool won’t give us no rest

He’d take the nickels off a dead man’s eyes

To buy a Coca-Cola an' a eskimo pie

I got the blues, I got the blues

I got the Winnsboro cotton mill blues

Oh Lordy Lordy spoolin’s hard

You know and I know, we don’t have to tell

You work for Tom Watson gotta work like hell

I got the blues, I got the blues

I got the Winnsboro cotton mill blues

When I die don’t you bury me at all

Hang me up on the schoolroom wall

Place a bobbin in my hand

So I can keep on a-workin' in the Promised Land

I got the blues, I got the blues

I got the Winnsboro cotton mill blues

Oh Lordy Lordy spoolin’s hard

You know and I know, we don’t have to tell

You work for Tom Watson gotta work like hell

I got the blues, I got the blues

I got the Winnsboro cotton mill blues