Spinning Jenny from WACHEFELD by The Crows Of Albion

Spinning Jenny

When times were hard old Reg Malone
Sent his daughters out to work
And they all went out diligently
Not being ones to shirk
Maria went to Hagenbach’s
And helped to bake the bread
While Jenny went to Albion Mills
To weave the worsted thread

She worked the uncombed worsted yarn
As swift and skilled as any
And those who knew her said of her
There goes Spinning Jenny
She worked the uncombed worsted yarn
As swift and skilled as any
And those who knew her said of her
There goes Spinning Jenny

The spinning room was fearsome hot
Like Bedlam some folk said
And Jenny worked all the hours she could
She had dreams of being wed
To the handsome boy just down the road
Or the teacher at the school
She twisted twine and counted time
On the bobbin and the spool

She worked the uncombed worsted yarn
Her suitors there were many
And those who knew her said of her
There goes Spinning Jenny
She worked the uncombed worsted yarn
Her suitors there were many
And those who knew her said of her
There goes Spinning Jenny

The days were long, the hours hard
Amongst the clang and clatter
When the time came to catch your breath
The women would gather and natter
She set her sights on greater heights
With the Irish foreman Bob
Who’d seen her when she first went there
And offered her the job

She worked the uncombed worsted yarn
And earned a pretty penny
And those who knew her said of her
There goes Spinning Jenny
She worked the uncombed worsted yarn
And earned a pretty penny
And those who knew her said of her
There goes Spinning Jenny

The two eloped to Gretna Green
And married just for love
She brought her own wealth to the game
As everyone knew she would
She worked the uncombed worsted yarn
They moved away to KiIkenny
And those who knew her said of her
There goes Spinning Jenny

She worked the uncombed worsted yarn
And earned a pretty penny
And those who knew her said of her
There goes Spinning Jenny
She worked the uncombed worsted yarn
And earned a pretty penny
And those who knew her said of her
There goes Spinning Jenny


And those who waved the pair away
Said there goes Spinning Jenny
And those who waved the pair away
Said there goes Spinning Jenny

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