NANCY WHISKEY (The Carlton Weaver)         Traditional


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I'm a weaver, a Carlton Weaver, I'm a rash and a roving blade.
A        E      A     B7       E                A      B7
I've got silver in my pockets, and I follow the roving trade.

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Whiskey, whiskey, Nancy whiskey, whiskey, whiskey, Nancy O!


I went down through Glasgow city, Nancy whiskey I chanced to smell.
I went in, sat down beside her, seven long years I loved her well.

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The more I kissed her the more I loved her, the more I kissed her the more she smiled.
Soon I forgot my mother's teaching. Nancy soon had me beguiled.

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Now I rose early in the morning, to slake my thirst it was my need.
I tried to rise but I was not able. Nancy had me by the knees.

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So I'm going back to the Carlton Weaving, I'll surely make them shuttles fly,
For I'll make more at the Carlton Weaving than ever I did at the roving way.

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So come all you weavers, you Carlton Weavers, come all you weavers where e'er you be:
Beware of whiskey, Nancy whiskey, she'll ruin you like she ruined me.

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