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Oh Dear Me (The Jute Mill Song)

Mary Brooksbank
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OriginalLa traduzione in Italiano di O Dear Me
OH DEAR ME (THE JUTE MILL SONG)


Oh, dear me, the mill's gaen fest,
The puir wee shifters canna get a rest,
Shiftin' bobbins, coorse and fine,
They fairly mak' ye work for your ten and nine.

Oh, dear me, I wish the day was done,
Rinning up and doon the Pass is no nae fun;
Shiftin', piecing, spinning, warp, weft and twine,
Tae feed and cled my bairnie affen ten and nine.

Oh, dear me, the warld's ill-divided,
Them that work the hardest are aye wi' least provided.
But I maun bide contented, dark days or fine,
But there's no much pleasure living affen ten and nine.

Oh, dear me, the mill's gaen fest,
The puir wee shifters canna get a rest,
Shiftin' bobbins, coorse and fine,
They fairly mak' ye work for your ten and nine.
OH DEAR ME (THE JUTE MILL SONG)

Oh povera me il mulino va veloce
e noi povere cambiste non possiamo riposarci,
cambiare i rocchetti di filato grosso e fine,
ti fanno ben lavorare per i tuoi dieci scellini e nove

Oh povera me vorrei che questo giorno fosse finito
correre su e giù per la passerella non è divertente
cambiare, riattaccare e filare ordito, trama e spago
per nutrire e vestire il mio bambino con dieci scellini e nove

Oh povera me il mondo è suddiviso male,
coloro che lavorano più duramente sono gli ultimi
ma devo ritenermi soddisfatta, con il bello o il brutto, non è molto facile vivere con dieci scellini e nove

NOTE
1) Bobbins: spools holding thread
2) ten shillings and ninepence was the pay rate for jute workers before the First World War, in the form of a gold half-sovereign and ninepence
3) Pass: passage between frames or machines in a factory
4) Warp: threads on a loom through which the crossthreads are passed
5) Weft: the crossthreads of a web of material, the woof
6) Twine: twist (into a thicker fibre)
7) stay at, live at, remain


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