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the grandma?
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Lady Death. It's how they would entrap us at Sunday School.
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I don't know. Who owns six white horses? Does anybody know someone with six white horses?
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Some random woman who has an urge to come round a mountain
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I thought the song was about someone's mail order bride. I'm probably wrong.
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We never know because she never arrives.
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The Grandmother will be coming round the mountain
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The blind Gypsy lady who tells fortunes.
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Why, it's union organizer Mary Harris "Mother" Jones, coming to promote formation of labor unions in the Appalachian coal mining camps. Duh! Everyone knows that!
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While it is not entirely clear who the "she" in the song refers to, there are various plausible interpretations. One interpretation suggests that "she" is the train that will be coming through the tracks that are being laid out by workers. Another possible interpretation suggests that "she" refers to union organizer Mary Harris "Mother" Jones going to promote formation of labor unions in the Appalachian coal mining camps. White horses are a symbol of the mythological stature of Mother Jones and the rest of the song is related to the celebration which would ensue after her arrival.
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