I'm a four-loom weaver as many a one knows I've nowt to eat and I've worn out my clothes My clogs are both broken and stockings I've none You'd scarce give me tuppence for all I've gotten on
Old Billy O't Bent he kept telling me long We might have better times if I'd nobbut hold my tongue Well I've holden my tongue till I've near lost my breath And I feel in my own heart I'll soon clean to death
I'm a four-loom weaver as many a one knows I've nowt to eat and I've worn out my clothes Old Billy's all reet, he never were clemmed And he never picked ower in his life
We held on for six weeks, thought each day were the last We've tarried and shifted till now we're quite fast We lived upon nettles while nettles were good And Waterloo porridge was the best of our food
I'm a four-loom weaver as many a one knows I've nowt to eat and I've worn out my clothes My clogs are both broken no looms to weave on And I've woven myself to far endTeksty umieszczone na naszej stronie są własnością wytwórni, wykonawców, osób mających do nich prawa.