we can build heaven together, i guess

Songs of textile mills and workers.

Cover image is a 1911 Lewis Hine photograph of Magnolia Cotton Mills spinning room.

Down on the Merrimack River- Si Kahn

The Factory Girl’s Come-All-Ye- Diane Taraz

Boston Town- Della Mae

Doffing Mistress- Jackie Oates

Granite Mills- Cordelia’s Dad

Four Loom Weavers- Maddy Prior & June Tabor

The Mill Was Made of Marble- Magpie

Babies in the Mill- The South Carolina Broadcasters

Spinning Room Blues- Mike Seeger

Give Me That Textile Workers Union- Joe Glazer

Cotton Mill Colic- Pete Seeger

The Mill Mother’s Song- Yvonne Moore & Mat Callahan

Let Them Wear Their Watches Fine- Peggy Seeger

Cotton Mill Girls- New Harmony Sisterhood Band

Weave Room Blues- Sheri Bauer-Mayorga

Hard Times in the Mill- House of Mercy Band

Bread and Roses- Utah Phillips & Ani DiFranco

Aragon Mill- Amythyst Kiah

18 tracks; 51 mins. [Spotify]