Misc Traditional - The Wark O The Weavers

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the wark o the weavers
david shaw

[ D ] we’re a’ met thegither here tae [ G ] sit an’ tae [ D ] crack ,
wi’ oor glesses in oor hands an’ oor [ G ] wark upon oor [ A ] back;
[ D ] for there’s nae a trade amang them a’ can [ G ] either mend or [ D ] mak’ ,
gin it qasna for the wark o’ the [ A ] weav – [ D ] – ers .

chorus :
[ D ] if it wasna for the [ A ] weavers [ G ] what wad they [ A ] do?
[ G ] they wadna [ D ] hae claith [ G ] made oot o’ oor [ A ] woo’;
they [ D ] wadna hae a coat , [ G ] neither black nor [ D ] blue ,
gin it wasna for the wark o’ the [ A ] weav – [ D ] – 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 .