The Wark o' the Weavers

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T:The Wark o' the Weavers
B:Singing Together, Autumn 1974, BBC Publications
F:http://www.folkinfo.org/songs
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w:We're a' met the-gi-ther here to sit and to crack,
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w: Wi' oor glass-es in oor hands and oor wark up-on oor back;
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w:And there's no' a trade a-mang them a' can ei-ther mend or mak'
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w: If it was-na for the wark o' the wea-vers
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w:If it was-na for the wea-vers what would we do?
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w:We would-na ha'e claith made o' oor woo',
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w: We would-na ha'e a coat, nei-ther black nor blue,
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w:Gin it was-na for the wark o' the weav-ers.
W:We're a' met thegither here to sit and to crack,
W:Wi' oor glasses in oor hands and oor wark upon oor back;
W:And there's no' a trade amang them a' can either mend or mak'
W:If it was-na for the wark o' the weavers.
W:
W:(Chorus)
W:If it wasna for the weavers what would we do?
W:We wouldna ha'e claith made o' oor woo',
W:We wouldna ha'e a coat, neither black nor blue,
W:Gin it wasna for the wark o' the weavers.
W:
W:The hireman chiels the mock us and crack aye aboot 's,
W:They say that we are thin-faced, bleached like cloots,
W:But yet for a' their mockery the canna do withoot 's
W:Na! They canna want the wark o' the weavers.
W:
W:There's oor wrichts and oor slaters and glaziers and a'
W:Oor doctors and oor ministers and them that lives by law.
W:And oor friends in South Americay, though them we never saw
W:But we ken they know the wark o' the weavers.
W:
W:There's oor sailors and oor sodjers, we ken they're a' bauld,
W:But if they hadna claithes, faith, they couldna fecht for cauld;
W:The high, the low, the rich, the puir, a' body young and auld,
W:They winna want the wark o' the weavers.
W:
W:There's folk that's independent o' other tradesmen's wark,
W:The women need nae barbers and the dyker needs nae clerk;
W:But nane o' them can dae withoot a coat or a sark,
W:Na! They canna want the wark o' the weavers.
W:
W:The weaving is a trade that never can fail,
W:As lang's we need ae cloot to keep anither hale;
W:So let us aye be merry ower a bicker o' guid ale,
W:And drink tae the wark o' the weavers.
W:

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