Textile Factory

Textile Factory - Emitt Rhodes

I'd like to tell you 'about my home town

But it's awfully hard to explain to a stranger

It's been a year since I went down

To the place that I was born and raised, sir, oh.

I gotta make it rich I'm getting tired

of digging ditches back on the farm

I got a girl I wanna marry and

I know that she loves me

Yes, I'm ready for work, I got my shirt

sleeves rolled up around my arms

I got a chance to make it rich in a textile factory.

Well, my papa was a poor man but

always did the best he could

And he whipped my behind whenever I wasn't good

There were six of us children in my family

Mmm and not a single one of us has

ever learned how to read.

Well, I'm really not complaining, my parents

were the best you could have

Well, I love my mama and I really respected my dad.

Well, let me tell you that every Sunday

morning we would dress in our Sunday clothes

And we would listen to a sermon

from the preacher about our good Lord

Well, the preacher said: 'Child, be thankful for the food you eat'

But my tastes are getting bigger, I think I'll be traveling East.

You know I gotta make it rich,

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