The ultimate, most heartbreaking version. Heard it first at Wheatland Music Festival when he performed with his wife in late 70s.. Again, with Scott Ainslie at the union hall in Barre VT.
At the east end of town at the foot of the hill There’s a chimney so tall that says Aragon Mill But there’s no smoke at all coming out of the stack For the mill has pulled out and it ain’t coming back And the only tune I hear Is the sound of the wind As it blows through the town Weave and spin, weave and spin Now I’m too old to change and I’m too young to die And there’s no place to go for my old man and I
There’s no children at all in the narrow, empty streets Now the looms have all gone, it’s so quiet I can’t sleep Now the mill has shut down it’s the only life I know Tell me, where will I go? tell me, where will I go?
This neighborhood band of all kinds of children have always sung Aragon Mill for so many years. A favorite!
The ultimate, most heartbreaking version. Heard it first at Wheatland Music Festival when he performed with his wife in late 70s.. Again, with Scott Ainslie at the union hall in Barre VT.
A beautiful song
Beautifully written song. So nice to hear the original version. I never knew the true story of this song until now.
This man has made a career out of being a social justice warrior through music.
At the east end of town at the foot of the hill
There’s a chimney so tall that says Aragon Mill But there’s no smoke at all coming out of the stack
For the mill has pulled out and it ain’t coming back
And the only tune I hear
Is the sound of the wind
As it blows through the town
Weave and spin, weave and spin
Now I’m too old to change and I’m too young to die
And there’s no place to go for my old man and I
There’s no children at all in the narrow, empty streets
Now the looms have all gone, it’s so quiet I can’t sleep
Now the mill has shut down it’s the only life I know
Tell me, where will I go? tell me, where will I go?
Good song. Evokes a ghost town.