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©music & lyrics by Alice Gerrard, Agate Hill Publishing BMI
I wrote this for my friend, Ardena Moncus, who loved to flatfoot dance.

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I got a swing in my walk, I got a song in my talk
I’m a weekday workin’ woman, weekend queen
Time clock lady with a lazy dream,
I ain’t got no fancy furs diamond rings or silks,
But I’m just right for Saturday night
It’s payday at the mill.

8 hours sewin up collars and sleeves
The pay’s too little and I gotta live cheap
So I stitch and I sew, I sew and I stitch
And all I get’s tired while the boss gets rich
But look out now I’m countin’ the hours, til I break out of this old jail
I’m just right for Saturday night
It’s payday at the mill.

Hard to be a working woman in a boss man’s world
If I slow down they’ll find another girl
But Saturday’s a-comin’ and the only time I’ll keep, is to the rhythm and the beat
Fancy duds, dancing shoes
Good times where you been hid
I’m just right for Saturday night
It’s payday at the mill.

Now there’s some weary mornings at quarter to 6
When I wish I had a man to bring a pay check in
But you can’t have it all and you can't disagree that I come when I want, go when I please
So backstep you good old boys, I’m kicking up my heels
I’m just right for Saturday night
It’s payday at the mill.

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from The Early Years, released January 1, 1999
Alice Gerrard-lead vocal, guitar
Jeanie McLerie-fiddle, low harmony vocal
Irene Herrmann-mandolin, high harmony vocal
Paul Speer-string bass

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Alice Gerrard Durham, North Carolina

A singer and songwriter, Alice’s recordings with Hazel Dickens during the 1960s and ’70s influenced a generation of women musicians from Laurie Lewis to the Judds. Nominated for a Grammy in 2015, she was inducted into the International Bluegrass Music Assoc. Hall of Fame in 2017. A documentary film about Alice, "You Gave Me a Song" premiered at the Full Frame Independent Film Festival in 2019. ... more

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