In the Shade of the Old 'Arris Mill

DESCRIPTION: "In the shade of the old 'Arris mill, It's enough to make anyone ill, The reelin' is rotten and so is the cotton," but the owner still drives the doffers hard. They are poor and have bad clothes. They wish for Friday when they get paid and can go out
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1980 (Harding-FolkSongsOfLancashire)
KEYWORDS: derivative weaving hardtimes clothes
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Harding-FolkSongsOfLancashire, p. 78, "In the Shade of the Old 'Arris Mill" (1 text, 1 tune)
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree" (tune)
NOTES [39 words]: Although Harding-FolkSongsOfLancashire does not say so explicitly (it says nothing at all about this song), the tune is "In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree" -- or, rather, its chorus, which is the only part anyone remembers anyway. - RBW
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File: MHFL078

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