Work of the Weavers
| David Shaw |
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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 no a trade amang them a’ can either mend or mak Gin it wasna for the wark o the weavers. 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 weavers There’s some folk independent o ither tradesmen’s wark, For women need nae barber an dykers need nae clerk But there’s no ane o them but needs a coat an a sark Na, they canna want the wark o the weavers There’s smiths an there’s wrights an 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, od, 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. Glossary Ae: one Bauld: bold Bicker: wooden beaker Chiels: chaps, boys Cloot: cloth Fecht: fight Gin: if Hale: whole Haud: keep Od: exclamation, polite version of ‘God’. Puir: poor Sark: shirt Thegither : together Want: do without Wark: work Woo : wool Wrights: carpenters |
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