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