Misc Traditional – Calton Weaver Nancy Whisky (Ukulele)

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Chords

F     Am        F      G
I'm a weaver, a Calton weaver,

F     Am        F      G
I'm a rash, and Roving Blade.

Am     Em        F      G
I've got siller in my pouches,

F         Am         F      G7
I gan tae follow the roving trade.
[chorus]
F     Am        F      G
Whisky, Whisky, Nancy Whisky,

Am     Em        G7   F
Whisky, Whisky, Nancy O'

F     Am        F       G
As I gaed in by Glasgow city,

F     Am       F           G
Nancy whisky I chanced tae smell.

Am     Em        F      G
I went in, sat doon beside her,

F          Am      F         G7
Seven long years I loved her well.
[repeat chorus]
F          Am              F      G
The mair I kissed her, the mair I loved her,

F          Am              F        G
The mair I kissed her, the mair she smiled,

   Am   Em     F        G
An I forgot my mither's teaching,

F     Am       F     G7
Nancy soon had me beguiled.
[repeat chorus]
F      Am    F      G
I rose early in the morning,

F      Am         F      G
For my drouth, it was my need.

  Am        Em          F     G
I tried tae rise, but I wasna able,

F     Am     F      G7
Nancy had me by the heid.
[repeat chorus]
F        Am    F          G
C'wa landlady, whit's the law then,

F       Am         F      G
Tell me whit there is tae pey?

Am      Em        F      G
Fifteen shillings is the reckoning,

F       Am        F    G7
Pey me now, then go away!
[repeat chorus]
F         Am     F       G
As I gaed oot by Glasgow city,

F     Am        F          G
Nancy Whisky I chanced tae smell.

Am     Em        F        G
I went in, spent four and sixpence,

F     Am        F       G7
All I got wis a crooked scale.
[repeat chorus]
F        Am               F      G
Sae I'll gan back tae the Calton Weaving,

F      Am        F        G
I will mak' they shuttles fly.

   Am        Em          F      G
An I'll mak' mair at the Calton weaving,

     F      Am       F      G7
Than e'er I did in a roving way.
[repeat chorus]
F          Am          F      G
C'm all ye weavers, ye Calton weavers,

F          Am           F       G
C'm all ye weavers, where'er ye be,

  Am     Em      F      G
Beware o whisky, Nancy Whisky,

F           Am        F          G7
She'll ruin you, like she ruined me.