Hemp & Flax Songtext
von Hack-Poets Guild

Come you fatall sisters three
Whose exercise is spinning
And help us to pull out these thrids
For here′s a harsh beginning

With hemp and flax, and toe to toe to
To toe to, toe tero
With hemp and flax, and toe to toe to
To toe to, toe tero

You Punkes and Panders everyone
Come hear your loving sisters
In new Bridewell there is a mill
Turns all our hands to blisters

With hemp and flax, and toe to toe to
To toe to, toe tero
With hemp and flax, and toe to toe to
To toe to, toe tero


Besse the eldest Sister
She's stained with much honour
She can′t endure the labours
Which have now been thrust upon her

With hemp and flax, and toe to toe to
To toe to, toe tero
With hemp and flax, and toe to toe to
To toe to, toe tero

The blinded whipper he attends
If he sees wheels left spinning
And oh the very Matrons looks
Turns all our mirth to mourning

Hemp and flax, and toe to toe to
To toe to, toe tero
Hemp and flax, and toe to toe to
To toe to, toe tero

Gold and silver hath forsaken
Our acquaintance clearly
Twined whipcord takes their place
And strikes our shoulders neerely
Strikes our shoulders neerely
And strikes our shoulders neerely


Hemp and flax, and toe to toe to
To toe to, toe tero
Hemp and flax, and toe to toe to
To toe to, toe tero
Hemp and flax, and toe to toe to
To toe to, toe tero
Hemp and flax, and toe to toe to
To toe to, toe tero

O you lusty Roaring Boyes
Come shew your brazen faces
Turn your weapons to the beetles
Shoulder out these lashes

With hemp and flax, and toe to toe to
To toe to, toe tero
Hemp and flax, and toe to toe to
To toe to, toe tero