In The Spinning Mill

[Intro ]
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When I was twelve years old, my mother walked me round the hill 
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To work all day beside her in that Charleston cotton mill 
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There were so many mouths to feed and so much bread to win 
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I will never know, I will never know what childhood might have been 
 

 
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In the spinning mill, in the spinning mill 
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I've worked my life away 
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In the spinning mill, in the spinning mill 
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Ive worked my life away 
 

Interlude 
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Just a few years later, I was working at my loom 
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When the handsome boss from the office walked into the spinning room 
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His blue eyes looked me over, his fingers brushed my shirt 
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He said, "If you will go with me, you'll never want for work" 
 

 
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In the spinning mill, in the spinning mill 
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I've worked my life away 
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In the spinning mill, in the spinning mill 
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Ive worked my life away 
 

Interlude 
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Though my answer angered him, he never said a word 
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But he took me off the first shift and he put me on the third 
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Where the hours worked grew harder while the money made grew thin 
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I will never know, I will never know the way things might have been 
 

 
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In the spinning mill, in the spinning mill 
     Em              D 
I've worked my life away 
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In the spinning mill, in the spinning mill 
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Ive worked my life away 
 

Interlude 
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So heres to all the bosses that live upon the hill 
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And here's to all the young girls that work in the spinning mill 
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Heres to all the promises that run so hot and cold 
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In the corners of the spinning mill where love is bought and sold 
 

 
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In the spinning mill, in the spinning mill 
     Em              D 
I've worked my life away 
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In the spinning mill, in the spinning mill 
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Ive worked my life away 
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In the spinning mill, in the spinning mill 
     Em              D 
I've worked my life away 
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In the spinning mill, in the spinning mill 
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Ive worked my life away 
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In the spinning mill, in the spinning mill 
     Em              D 
I've worked my life away 
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In the spinning mill, in the spinning mill 
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Ive worked my life away 
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In the spinning mill, in the spinning mill 
     Em              D 
I've worked my life away 
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In the spinning mill, in the spinning mill 
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Ive worked my life away