[00:00.00]Textile Factory - Emitt Rhodes
[00:00.98]I'd like to tell you 'about my home town
[00:03.38]But it's awfully hard to explain to a stranger
[00:07.41]It's been a year since I went down
[00:09.90]To the place that I was born and raised sir oh
[00:15.94]I gotta make it rich I'm getting tired
[00:18.22]Of digging ditches back on the farm
[00:21.10]I got a girl I wanna marry and
[00:23.26]I know that she loves me
[00:26.30]Yes I'm ready for work I got my shirt
[00:28.83]Sleeves rolled up around my arms
[00:31.65]I got a chance to make it rich in a textile factory
[00:36.18]Well my papa was a poor man but
[00:38.93]Always did the best he could
[00:41.96]And he whipped my behind whenever I wasn't good
[00:47.13]There were six of us children in my family
[00:51.87]Mmm and not a single one of us has
[00:54.50]Ever learned how to read
[00:56.95]Well I'm really not complaining my parents
[00:59.70]Were the best you could have
[01:02.72]Well I love my mama and I really respected my dad
[01:07.44]Well let me tell you that every Sunday
[01:09.76]Morning we would dress in our Sunday clothes
[01:13.06]And we would listen to a sermon
[01:14.95]From the preacher about our good Lord
[01:18.29]Well the preacher said: 'Child be thankful for the food you eat'
[01:23.48]But my tastes are getting bigger I think I'll be traveling East
[01:28.06]You know I gotta make it rich
[01:29.73]I'm getting tired of digging ditches back on the farm
[01:33.26]I got a girl I wanna marry and I know that she loves me
[01:38.54]Yes I'm ready for work
[01:40.00]I got my sleeves rolled up around my arms
[01:43.62]I got a chance to make it rich in a textile factory
[01:48.33]Well now listen here brother if you think you've got it bad
[01:53.62]Mmm well what do you think about the life I've had
[01:58.86]Well let me tell you my father said to
[02:01.00]Me: 'Son you know you've got to earn your keep'
[02:04.63]So I've been working from sun up to sun
[02:06.96]Down since I was thirteen
[02:09.90]Well my father said: 'Boy be thankful got a place to sleep'
[02:15.10]But I've been sleeping awful restless
[02:16.35]And I think I'll be moving East
[02:19.60]You know I gotta make it rich
[02:21.26]I'm getting tired of digging ditches back on the farm
[02:24.75]I got a girl I wanna marry and I know that she loves me
[02:29.85]Yes I'm ready for work
[02:31.38]I got my sleeves rolled up around my arms
[02:35.16]I got a chance to make it rich in a textile factory
[02:39.79]You know I gotta make it rich
[02:41.39]I'm getting tired of digging ditches back on the farm
[02:44.95]I got a girl I wanna marry and I know that she loves me
[02:50.12]Yes I'm ready for work
[02:51.53]I got my sleeves rolled up around my arms
[02:55.37]I got a chance to make it rich in a textile factory
[02:59.92]You know I got a chance to make it rich in a textile factory