Hanging Out the Linen Clothes
Collected from Pauline Jacobson and friends in San Francisco by Carl Sandburg, and published in his American Songbag. Recorded on Grapevine.
'Twas on a Monday morning, the first I saw my darling,
A-hanging out the linen clothes, a-hanging out the linen clothes.
'Twas on a Tuesday morning, the first I saw my darling,
A-takin' in the linen clothes, a-takin' in the linen clothes.
'Twas on a Wednesday morning, the first I saw my darling,
A-mendin' of the linen clothes, a-mendin' of the linen clothes.
'Twas on a Thursday morning, the first I saw my darling,
A-ironin' of the linen clothes, Ironin' of the linen clothes.
'Twas on a Friday morning, the first I saw my darling,
A-foldin' of the linen clothes, a-foldin' of the linen clothes.
'Twas on a Sunday morning, the first I saw my darling,
A-wearin' of the linen clothes, a-wearin' of the linen clothes.