Oh, when I was a tailor, I carried my and shears When I was a weaver, I carried my roods and my My temples also, my small and reed in my hand And wherever I go, here's the jolly bold weaver
I'm a hand weaver to my I fell in love with a maid And if I but her favour win I'd stand beside her and by steam
My to me scornful said "How could you fancy a maid?" When you have girls fine and gay like unto the Queen of May
As for your fine I don't care If I could but my dear I'd in the factory all the day And she and I'd keep our in play
I went to my love's door Where times I had been before But I could not nor yet get in The pleasant bed my love lies in
How can you say a pleasant bed When nowt lies there but a factory And a lass although she be Blest is the man enjoys she
O pleasant thoughts to me mind As I turn down the so fine And I seen her two breasts so two white hills all covered with snow
The loom goes click and the loom clack The shuttle flies forward and then flies The weaver's so bent that like to crack Such a wearisome is the weaver
The is made into cloth at last The ends of the weft they are made fast The weaver's labors are now all Such a trade is the weaver
Where are the girls, I will tell you The girls have gone to by steam And if find them you must rise at dawn And trudge to the mill in the early
Oh, when I was a tailor, I my bodkin and shears When I was a weaver, I carried my and my gear My temples also, my small and reed in my hand And wherever I go, here's the jolly bold again