Oh, when I was a tailor, I carried my 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 weaver again
I'm a hand to my trade I fell in love with a factory And if I could but her win I'd stand beside her and weave by
My father to me said "How could you fancy a maid?" you could have girls fine and gay Dressed unto the Queen of May
As for your fine girls I 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 often times I had before But I could not nor yet get in The pleasant bed that my love 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 that she
O thoughts come to me mind As I turn the sheets so fine And I her two breasts standing so Like two white hills all covered snow
The loom goes click and the loom clack The shuttle flies and then flies back The weaver's so bent that he's like to Such a trade is the weaver
The yarn is made into cloth at The of the weft they are made quite fast The weaver's labors are now all Such a trade is the weaver
are the girls, I will tell you plain The girls gone to weave by steam And if you'd them you must rise at dawn And trudge to the mill in the early
Oh, when I was a tailor, I carried my bodkin and When I was a weaver, I carried my roods and my My also, my small clothes and reed in my hand And wherever I go, here's the jolly bold weaver