DOFFIN MISTRESS



Oh do you know her or do you not

This new doffin mistress we have got

Bertha Wallace it is her name

And she helps her doffers at every frame



Fol de ri fol ra

Fol de ri fol ray



On Monday morning when she comes in

She hangs up her coat on the highest pin

Turns around just to greet her friends

Crying, "Hi there, doffers, tie up your ends"



Sometimes the boss he look in the door

"Tie up your ends, doffers," he will roar

"Tie our ends we surely do,

But for Bertha Wallace and not for you"

Oh, Bertha Wallace are you going away?

Will it be tomorrow, will it be today

Are you going for to break our hearts

For there's no one here for to take our parts



Oh do you know her or do you not

This new doffin mistress we have got

Bertha Wallace it is her name

And she helps her doffers at every frame



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recorded by Frankie Armstrong on The Music Plays So Grand

also sung by Norman Kennedy

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