Work Is Work

Work is work, then at it lads,

     With courage, and with will;

There is no higher labor, lads,

     Than in the lowliest mill.

Work is work, scorn not your place,

     Brave on, lads, never shirk;

Whether ‘tis priest or bobbin’ boy,

     Remember work is work.

                                           “Mill Ballads”

Feb. 26, ‘97