{"id":1122,"date":"2020-05-28T18:22:38","date_gmt":"2020-05-28T18:22:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.northseagas.co.uk\/?p=1122"},"modified":"2020-06-07T14:13:16","modified_gmt":"2020-06-07T14:13:16","slug":"wark-o-the-weavers-trad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.northseagas.co.uk\/?p=1122","title":{"rendered":"Wark O The Weavers (Trad)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

We’re a’ <\/dfn>met thegither <\/dfn>here ae <\/dfn>sit and tae crack<\/dfn>,
Wi’ oor <\/dfn>glasses in oor hands and oor wark <\/dfn>upon oor back.
There’s no’ a trade amang <\/dfn>them a’ could either mend or mak<\/dfn>
If it wisnae f<\/dfn>or the wark o’ the weavers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chorus<\/p>\n\n\n\n

if <\/dfn>it wisnae for the weavers, what would we do?
We wadnae hae clati <\/dfn>made o’ oor woo’<\/dfn>,
We wadnae hae a coat, na, neither black nor blue,
Gin it wisnae for the wark o’ the weavers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There’s them that’s independent\u00a0o’ ither\u00a0<\/dfn>tradesmen’s work,
The women need\u00a0nae\u00a0<\/dfn>barber, the\u00a0dykers\u00a0<\/dfn>need nae clerk,
But\u00a0nane\u00a0<\/dfn>o’ them can dae wi’oot a coat or a\u00a0sark<\/dfn>,
Aye they a’ need the wark o’ the weavers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oor\u00a0sodgers\u00a0<\/dfn>and oor sailors, we ken they’re a’ bold,
But, faith, if they had\u00a0nae claes\u00a0<\/dfn>they\u00a0couldnae fecht\u00a0<\/dfn>for cold,
The high and low, the rich and poor,\u00a0a’body\u00a0<\/dfn>young or old,
Aye they a’ wear the wark o’ the weavers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Noo weavin’ <\/dfn>is a trade that never can fail,
As lang <\/dfn>as we need aye cloot tae keep a body hale<\/dfn>,
Sae <\/dfn>let us a’ get merry ower a bicker o’ gud ale<\/dfn>,
And drink tae the health o’ the weavers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We’re a’ met thegither here ae sit and tae crack,Wi’ oor glasses in oor hands and oor wark upon oor back.There’s no’ a trade amang them a’ could either mend or makIf it wisnae for the wark o’ the weavers. Chorus if it wisnae for the weavers, what would we do?We wadnae hae clati made o’ oor woo’,We wadnae hae a coat, na, neither black nor blue,Gin it wisnae for the wark o’ … <\/p>\n

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