Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE FACTORY GIRL'S COME-ALL-YE, by ANONYMOUS First Line: Come all ye lewiston fact'ry girls Last Line: "sing dum de whickerty, dum de way" Subject(s): Factories;labor & Laborers;women | ||||||||
Come all ye Lewiston fact'ry girls, I want you to understand, I'm a-going to leave this factory, And return to my native land. Sing dum de whickerty, dum de way. No more will I take my Shaker and shawl And hurry to the mill; No more will I work so pesky hard To earn a dollar bill. No more will I take the towel and soap To go to the sink and wash; No more will the overseer say "You're making a terrible splosh!" No more will I take the comb and go To the glass to comb my hair; No more the overseer will say "You're weaving your cloth too thin!" No more will I eat cold pudding, No more will I eat hard bread, No more will I eat those half-baked beans, For I vow! They're killing me dead! I'm going back to Boston town And live on Tremont Street; And I want all you fact'ry girls To come to my house and eat! Sing dum de whickerty, dum de way. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ARISTOTLE TO PHYLLIS by JOHN HOLLANDER A WOMAN'S DELUSION by SUSAN HOWE JULIA TUTWILER STATE PRISON FOR WOMEN by ANDREW HUDGINS THE WOMEN ON CYTHAERON by ROBINSON JEFFERS TOMORROW by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD LADIES FOR DINNER, SAIPAN by KENNETH KOCH GOODBYE TO TOLERANCE by DENISE LEVERTOV TIS A LITTLE JOURNEY by ANONYMOUS |
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