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On one side was |
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Albany Avenue |
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On the other side a rushing creek |
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Laid in Flemish bond |
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Three stories high, a fortress of brick |
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This was a place of employ |
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The Kinderhook |
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Hoopskirt |
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WorksBut it still hurts |
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When I think of the privileged captivity |
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Of the mill girl like me |
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Kept sequestered |
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Only seen on a rope bridge |
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That hangs high over the stream |
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We are kept like galley slaves |
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While strangers decorate our father's graves |
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A dark secret of this river, this creek |
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This stream, oh what does it mean? |
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You'll hear no flattery at the factory |
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At the Kinderhook |
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Hoopskirt |
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WorksThere comes an undertone of frantic in her stitchery |
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Idle talk do the turn to the wicked |
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Take a listen, you'll surely see |
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Between the girls a foul ensued |
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Our heroine turns in word |
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To her collection |
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To examine her collection |
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Her collection of two hundred and twenty-five smiles |
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You'll hear no flattery at the factory |
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At the Kinderhook |
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Hoopskirt |
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WorksYou'll hear no flattery at the factory |
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At the Kinderhook |
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Hoopskirt |
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WorksEach decision we make is based on love or fear |
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Shall I be kind or cruel or fake? |
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Shall I now shed a tear? |
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You can see them up in the windows of the factory |
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Any night of the week |
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Like beautifully-gowned wax figures on displaywith the loveliest eyes you've ever seen |
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Squinting to baste the flouts |
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Basting underskirts as big as wagon wheels |
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Stabbing feelings with a needle |
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Do you like how that feels? |
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You'll hear no flattery at the factory |
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At the Kinderhook |
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Hoopskirt |
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WorksYou'll hear no flattery at the factory |
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At the Kinderhook |
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Hoopskirt |
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WorksAt the |
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Kinderhook |
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Hoopskirt |
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Works |