The Weavers

C F C We're all met together here to sit and to crack F G Wi' our glasses in our hands and our work upon our back C F C There's nae a trade among 'em that can mend or can mak G C If it was'nae for the work of the weavers G Am Em If it was'nae for the weavers, what would you do F C F G Ya would'nae hae clothes that's made outta wool C G F C Ya would'nae hae a coat o' the black or the blue G C If it was'nae for the work of the weavers F C Some folk are independent of other tradesmen's work F G The women need no barber and dykers need no cleft C F C But none of them can do without a coat or a sack G C No, they can'nae wand the work of the weavers G Am Em If it was'nae for the weavers, what would you do F C F G Ya would'nae hae clothes that's made outta wool C G F C Ya would'nae hae a coat o' the black or the blue G C If it was'nae for the work of the weavers F C There's soldiers and there's sailors and glaziers and all F G There's doctors and there's ministers and them that live by law C F C And our friends in Sooth America, though them we never saw G C But we ken they wear the work of the weavers G Am Em If it was'nae for the weavers, what would you do F C F G Ya would'nae hae clothes that's made outta wool C G F C Ya would'nae hae a coat o' the black or the blue G C If it was'nae for the work of the weavers F C The weavin' is a trade that never can fail F G As long as we need clothes for to keep another hale C F C So let us all be merry o'er a bicker o' good ale G C And we'll drink to the health of the weavers G Am Em If it was'nae for the weavers, what would you do F C F G Ya would'nae hae clothes that's made outta wool C G F C Ya would'nae hae a coat o' the black or the blue G C If it was'nae for the work of the weavers