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The Wark O The Weavers
David Shaw
[] We re a met thegither here tae [] sit an tae [] crack,
Wi oor glesses in oor hands an oor [] wark upon oor [] back;
[] For there s nae a trade amang them a can [] either mend or [] mak ,
Gin it qasna for the wark o the [] weav- [] -ers.
Chorus :
[] If it wasna for the [] weavers [] what wad they [] do?
[] They wadna [] hae claith [] made oot o oor [] woo ;
They [] wadna hae a coat, [] neither black nor [] blue,
Gin it wasna for the wark o the [] weav- [] -ers.
There s some folk independent o ither tradesmen s wark,
For women need nae barber an dyker s need nae clerk;
But there s no ane o them but needs a coat an a sark,
No, they canna want the wark o the weavers.
There s smiths an there s wrights and there s mason chiels an a ,
There s doctors an there s meenisters an them that live by law,
An oor freens that bide oot ower the sea in Sooth America,
An they a need the wark o the weavers.
Oor sodgers an oor sailors, oh, we mak them a bauld,
For gin they hadna claes, faith, they couldna fecht for cauld;
The high an low, the rich an puir - a body young an auld,
They a need the wark o the weavers.
So the weavin is a trade that never can fail,
Sae lang s we need ae cloot tae haud anither hale,
Sae let us a be merry ower a bicker o guid ale.
An drink tae the health o the weavers.