Busy Hands

That calico produced in Lowell

Is soft and mighty pretty.

How do you make a thing so fine

From the grindin' of machinery!

Well trust me it's a simple tale

Give industry a cotton bale

Allow the human energies

Collected in our factories

A wondrous miracle perform

Raw materials transformed

With zero loss of quality

A mass production alchemy!

The best part I confess

Is commerce makes us virtuous

There's no time for idleness

When busy hands seek righteousness

A sound commodity

Requires full efficiency

Perfect productivity

Reflects divine theology!

Now that I've seen a factory

I've had a great epiphany

And someday soon I do agree

We'll have machines in Tennessee

Commerce makes us virtuous

Busy hands seek righteousness

Perfect productivity

Reflects divine theology

And someday soon we all agree

They'll bring machines to Tennessee!