Tae The Weaver's Gin Ye Go Lyrics - Andy M. Stewart

My heart was ance as blythe and free 

As simmer days were lang, 

But a bonnie westlin weaver lad 

Has gart me change my sang. 

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Tae the weaver's gin ye go fair maid, 

Tae the weaver's gin ye go, 

I rede ye richt, gang ne'er at nicht, 

Tae the weaver's gin ye go. 

My mither sent me tae the toon 

Tae warp a plaiden wab; 

But the weary weary warpin o't 

Has gart me sigh and sab. 

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A bonnie westlin weaver lad 

Sat workin at his loom 

He took my heart as wi a net 

In every knot and thrum. 

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I sat beside my warpin-wheel 

And ay I ca'd it roun' 

But every shot and every knock 

my heart it gae a stoun. 

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The moon was sinkin in the west 

Wi' visage pale and wan, 

As my bonnie westlin weaver lad 

Convoy'd me thro' the glen. 

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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 mysel. 

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