DADDY WAS A FACTORY MAN
Written by Barry P. Foley Copyright © 28 August 2003
Daddy got of the Army, in 1945 By late that December, he took my mama as his bride; As more boys came home from the war, work got hard to find He heard about cutting timber way down in Caroline
Spoken: It was1947, Virgin Timber. Daddy said the Trees so big you had to build a scaffold 8 feet high just so you could use a two man chain-saw
He headed back home to Virginia in July ‘52 By that time the family had grown by a kid or two There was work there in factory, as much as a man could do Forty years came and went, before he was through
Spoken: 90 cents an hour. Working 2nd shift, riding with 3 other fellows in one car long before car pool ever was a word
CHORUS Daddy was a Factory Man A wife and six kids to feed, doing the best he can Working 40-50 hours a week and living off the land Cause Daddy was a Factory Man Like his own Daddy, Daddy was a Factory Man
He opened a little lawn mower shop Doing repairs and selling parts He roams the Saturday flea markets Just to see what they got Ask any man who knows him, for counties far and wide My Daddy’s a man of his word, as plain as black & white Hum,,,,,A Factory Man, He’s an honest man (A Factory Man
Spoken: Daddy been retired 13 years, It hurts me to see him moving slower Mama wrote that the factory just closed down, that puts a lot of my family is out of work
Though he’s never said it And it just not Daddy’s style But I know my Daddy loves us all I can tell it in his eyes And if this song can bring some happiness to his loving heart I can feel a better, knowing I’ve done my part
For a Factory Man, He’s my Daddy, he’s a Factory Man
Repeat Chorus
Daddy was a Factory Man……. Daddy was a Factory Man Man
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