To The Weavers Gin Ye Go
to the weavers gin ye go my heart was ance as blithe and free as simmer days were lang; but a bonie, westlin weaver lad has gart me ge my sang. chorus.—to the weaver's gin ye go, fair maids, to the weaver's gin ye go; i rede yht, gang night, to the weaver's gin ye go. my mither seo the town, to a plaiden wab; but the weary, weary in o't has gart me sigh and sab. to the weaver's, c. a bonie, westlin weaver lad sat w at his loom; he took my heart as wi' a , in every knot and thrum. to the weaver's, c. i sat beside my in-wheel, and aye i ca'd it roun'; but every shot and evey knock, my heart it gae a stoun. to the weaver's, c. the moon was sinking in the west, wi' visage pale and wan, as my bonie, westlin weaver lad voy'd me thro' the glen. to the weaver's, c. but what was said, or what was done, shame fa' me gin i tell; but oh! i fear the kintra soon will ken as weel's myself! to the weaver's, c.