I worked in the cotton mill all my life, I ain't got nothing but a barlow knife. It's a hard times, cotton mill girls, Hard times everywhere. Chorus: It's a hard times, cotton mill girls, A hard times, cotton mill girls, Hard times, cotton mill girls, Hard times everywhere. In 1915 we heard it said, "Move to cotton country and get ahead." It's a hard times, cotton mill girls, Hard times everywhere. Chorus From Gilmer to Bartow is a long, long way, Down Cartecay from Ellijay. It's a hard times, cotton mill girls, Hard times everywhere. Chorus When I die don't bury me at all, Just hang me up on the spinning room wall, And pickle my bones in al-ki-hol. It's a hard times, cotton mill girls, Chorus