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The Calton Weaver
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I´m a weaver, a Calton weaver, I´m a rash and a roving blade,
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I´ve got silver in my pockets, I´ll go and follow the roving trade.
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Ref: Oh, whisky, whisky, Nancy Whisky, whisky, whisky, Nancy, oh.
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As I came in by Glesca city, Nancy Whisky I chanced to smell,
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I gaed in, sat down beside her, seven long years I loved her well. Ref.
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The mair I kissed her, the mair I loved her,
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the mair I kissed her, the mair she smiled.
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And I forgot my mither´s teaching, Nancy soon had me beguiled. Ref.
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I woke early in the morning, to slake my drouth it was my need;
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I tried to rise but I wasna able, Nancy had me by the heid. Ref.
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„C´wa, landlady, whit´s the lawin´? Tell me whit there is to pay.“
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„Fifteen shillings is the reckoning, pay me quickly and go away.“ Ref.
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As I went out by Glesca city, Nancy Whisky, I chanced to smell;
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I gaed in, drank four and sixpence, a´t was left was a crooked scale. Ref.
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I´ll gang back to the calton weaving, I´ll surely mak´ the shuttles fly;
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I´ll mak´ mair at the Calton weaving than ever did in a roving way. Ref.
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Come all ye weavers, Calton weavers, a´ ye weavers where e´er ye be;
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Beware of whisky, Nancy Whisky, she´ll ruin you as she ruined me. Ref.