Birmingham Mill

G G G G G G D D G G Em Em D C Em Em D D G G G One fair girl with fine yellow hair G D Wild flower of the west country G C Left one night for a stormy ride D C G D C G On a winding road to the east G One fair girl at the Birmingham Mill G D For a dollar and a half times three G C See the spinning wheels turn, she is young but she'll learn D C G D C G With her slender white hands to weave G Twelve smoke stacks in a row row row G D And a girl of five times three G C See the mill boss patrol, hear the factory bells toll D C G And the girls look as sad as can be D G D C G And she cried for her home country G G G G G G D D G G C C D C G G D D G G G One little spark set a light to a flame G D And the fire climbed through to the east G C And the roof it crashed and the girls all dashed D C G And they all cried "oh god please" D G D C G And she crawled on her hands and her knees G G G G G G D D G G Em Em D C Em Em D D G G G At the Birmingham Mill where the wild flowers grow G D Round the grave of the girl so fair G C See the lilly bells bloom round her cold marble tomb D C G D C G And they come in the spring of the year