Irish traditional song lyrics — collected by Beer Belly Band.
We’re a’ met together here tae sir an’ tae crack.
Wi’ oor glasses in oor hands, an’ oor wark upon oor back;
For there’s no’ a trade among them a’ can either mend or mak’,
Gin it wasna for the wark o’ the weavers.
Chorus:
If it wasna for the weavers what wad they do?
They wadna hae claith mads oor o’ oor woo’.
They wadna hae a coar neither black nor blue,
Gin it wasna for the wark o’ the weavers.
Chorus
There’s some folk independent o’ ither tradesmen’s wark
For women need nae barber an’ dykers need nae clerk;
But there’s no ane o’ them but needs a coat an’ a sark
Na, they canna want the wark o’ the weavers.
Chorus
There’s smiths an’ there’s wrights and there’s mason cheils an’ a’ There’s doctors an’ there’s meenisters an’ them that live by law An’ oor freens that bide oot ower the sea in Sooth America An’ they a’ need the wark o’ the weavers.
Chorus
Oor sodgers an’ oor sailors, od, we mak’ tham a’ bauld For gin they hadna claes, faith, they couldna fecht for cauld, The high an’ low, the rich an’ puir – a ’body young an’ auld, They a’ need the wark o’ the weavers.
Chorus