“Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues”
Description
"Old Man Sargent, sitting at the desk, The damned old fool won't give us no rest. He'd take the nickels off a dead man's eyes...." The singer describes the bad conditions in the mills, and instructs listeners not to bury his body when he dies
Cross references
- cf. "Hard Times in the Mill (I)" (floating verses)
Recordings
- Pete Seeger, "Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues" (on PeteSeeger13)
References
- Greenway-AFP, p. 144, "Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues" (1 text, 1 tune)
- Darling-NAS, p. 371, "Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues" (1 text)
- Silber-FSWB, p. 126, "Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues" (1 text)
- DT, WNNSBORO*
- BI, Grnw144