They stroll around the room
they see the silk weight drop
it drops a bit too often
I'll pay a penalty again now
And we poor girls
are chained worse than dogs
and to chain us even more
they have weighed the cocoons they gave us.
THEY STROLL ABOUT THE ROOM
This song refers to the figure of the assistants, whose task it was to monitor the work carried out in the spinning mill, and who could allocate penalties if the output of the cocoons given to each spinner-woman for processing was not optimal.
Credits: Interviste realizzate da Daniele Lavelli, Emanuele Manzoni e Paolo Pioltelli (luglio-ottobre 2015). Regia, riprese e montaggio di Paolo Pioltelli.