“Weave Room Blues”

Description

"Working in a weave-room, fighting for my life, Trying to make a living for my kiddies and my wife, Some are needing clothing... some are needing shoes, But I'm getting nothing but the weave room blues." Singer describes horrid conditions in textile mills

Notes

[According to Cohen/Seeger/Wood], many of the mill workers in North Carolina were mountain people who had come out of the hills seeking work in the 1920s. - PJS

Recordings

• Dixon Brothers, "Weave Room Blues" (Bluebird B-6441/Montgomery Ward M-7024, 1936)
• Fisher Hendley, "Weave Room Blues" (Vocalion 04780, 1939)
• New Lost City Ramblers, "Weave Room Blues" (on NLCR03)
• Pete Seeger, "Weave Room Blues" (on PeteSeeger13); "Working in the Weave Room" (on PeteSeeger23)

References

1. Cohen/Seeger/Wood, pp. 88-89, "Weave Room Blues" (1 text, 1 tune)
2. Greenway-AFP, pp. 128-129, "Weave Room Blues" (1 text)
3. Silber-FSWB, p. 125, "Weave Room Blues" (1 text)
4. DT, WEAVBLUE*
5. Roud #15150
6. BI, CSW088