WARK O THE WEAVERS

Well we're all met thegither here to sit and to crack
Wi glasses in our hands and our work upon our back
There's no trade among us that can either mend or mak
If it wisnae for the wark o the weavers

CHORUS
If it wisnae fae the weavers, wa would we do
We wouldnae hae clathes made o wool
We wouldnae hae a coat neither black nor the blue
If it wisnae fae the wark o the weavers

Now some folk's independent tae oother tradesman wark
Where women need nae barber and dykers need nae clerk
But none o them can wark wi oot a coat or a shirt
They all wan the wark o the weavers

CHORUS

Our sailors and our soldiers, I would make um all a bauld
But ginnae hae they clathes faith they couldnae faith fae cauld
The high and low, the rich and poor, . . . the young and auld
They all wan the wark o the weavers

CHORUS

So the weaving is a trade that niver can fail
As lang as we hae . . . ta keep ur body hail
So let us all be merry oer a bicket o good ale
And drink ta the health o the weavers

CHORUS (2x)

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THE WORK OF THE WEAVERS
- traditional (Scottish)

We're all met together here to sit and to crack
With our glasses in our hands and our wark upon our backs
There's nay a trade among them that can mend or can mak
If it wasna for the wark o' the weavers

  If it wasna for the weavers what would ye do?
  You wouldna hae a claith that was made o' woo'
  You wouldna hae a coat o' the black or the blue
  If it wasna for the wark o' the weavers

There's soldiers and there's sailors and glaziers and all
There's doctors and there's ministers and them that live by law
And our friends in South America tho' them we niver saw
But we ken they wear the wark o' the weavers

  If it wasna for the weavers what would ye do?
  You wouldna hae a claith that was made o' woo'
  You wouldna hae a coat o' the black or the blue
  If it wasna for the wark o' the weavers

The weaving's a trade that niver can fail
As long as we need claithes for to keep another hale
So let us all be merry o'er a pitcher of good ale
And we'll drink to the health of the weavers!

  If it wasna for the weavers what would ye do?
  You wouldna hae a claith that was made o' woo'
  You wouldna hae a coat o' the black or the blue
  If it wasna for the wark o' the weavers


source: Dr X

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