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Crockett Mills


Scott Whitby, 2021


Crockett Mills ain't Harlan, Kentucky

It can be pretty sad

You'll never shovel 16 Tons

But you can take a whipping that's bad


You won't walk to school through snow

Uphill both ways

But you can hoe alot cotton

On hundred degree days


There are no cats in cradles

Or silver spoons

there are little boys blue

But it's different than that tune


You learn that love hurts

It was bad when mama cried

There are tears in heaven

And you can fail even if mama tried


There's alot of brothers like Daniel

You can learn to sit right here

Try to let it be

On a pier...drink a beer







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