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Nancy Whiskey[Chorus:]Whiskey, whiskey, Nancy Whiskey Whiskey, whiskey, Nancy-o I am a weaver, a Calton weaver, I am a rash and a roving blade I've got silver in my pouches and I'll gang follow the roving trade [Chorus] As I come in by Glasgow city, Nancy Whiskey I chanced tae smell So I gane in, sat doon beside her, seeven lang years I loved her well [Chorus] The mair I kissed her, the mair I looed her, the mair I looed her, the mair she smiled And I forgot my mother's teaching, Nancy soon had me beguiled [Chorus] I woke up early in the mornin', tae slake ma drouth it was ma need I tried to rise, but was nae able, for Nancy had me by the heid [Chorus] "Come on, landlady, what's the reck'nin', tell me what I have to pay" "Fifteen shillin's is the reck'nin', pay me quickly and go away" [Chorus] As I went oot by Glasgow city, Nancy Whiskey I chanced tae smell I git in, drank four and six pence and all was left was a crooked scale [Chorus] I'll gang back to the Calton weavin', I surely make the shuttles fly For I'll mak more at the Calton weavin', then ever I did in the rovin' trade [Chorus] Come all ye weavers, Calton weavers, and all ye weavers, where e'er you be Beware of Whiskey, Nancy Whiskey, she'll ruin you as she ruined me [Chorus x2] |