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Wark O' The Weavers
Ray Fisher
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We're all met together here to sit and to crack
Wi' our glesses in our hands and our work upon our back
There's no a trade amang them a' could either mend or mak
Kin it wasnae for the work o' the weavers
Kin it wasnae for the weavers, what wad we do?
We wadna hae claith made o' our woo
We wadna hae a coat na neither black nor blue
Kin it wasnae for the work o' the weavers
Now the hireman chields they mock us, they crack aye aboots
They say that we are thin faced, bleached like cloots
And yet for a' their mockery they canna dae wi' youts
No they winna want the work o' the weavers
Kin it wasnae for the weavers, what wad we do?
We wadna hae claith made o' our woo
We wadna hae a coat na neither black nor blue
Kin it wasnae for the work o' the weavers
Now there's them that's independent o' other tradesmen's work
The women need nae barber and the dykers need nae clerk
But nae o' them can dae wi' yout a coat or a sark
Aye they a' need the work o' the weavers
Kin it wasnae for the weavers, what wad we do?
We wadna hae claith made o' our woo
We wadna hae a coat na neither black nor blue
Kin it wasnae for the work o' the weavers
Now our joiners and our slaters, our glaziers and all
Our doctors and our ministers and them that lead by law
And our freends in sooth America, though them we never saw
Yet we cannae wair the work o' the weavers
Kin it wasnae for the weavers, what wad we do?
We wadna hae claith made o' our woo
We wadna hae a coat na neither black nor blue
Kin it wasnae for the work o' the weavers
Our soidiers and our sailors, we ken they're a' bold
But faith if they had nae claiths they couldnae fecht for cold
The high and low, the rich and poor, a'body young or old
Aye they a' wair the work o' the weavers
Kin it wasnae for the weavers, what wad we do?
We wadna hae claith made o' our woo
We wadna hae a coat na neither black nor blue
Kin it wasnae for the work o' the weavers
Now weavin' is a trade that never can fail
As lang as we need aye a cloot tae keep a'body hale
So let us a' get merry out o' a bicker o' good ale
And drink tae the health o' the weavers
Kin it wasnae for the weavers, what wad we do?
We wadna hae claith made o' our woo
We wadna hae a coat na neither black nor blue
Kin it wasnae for the work o' the weavers