Nancy Whiskey Lyrics

Nancy Whiskey lyrics

I´m a weaver, a Carlton weaver 

 I´m a rash and a roving blade 

 I´ve got silver in my pockets  

 and I follow the roving trade 

  

 Whiskey, Whiskey, Nancy Whiskey 

 Whiskey, Whiskey, Nancy, Oh 

  

 As I went down through Glasgow City  

 Nancy Whiskey I chanced to smell 

 I went in, sat down beside her  

 seven long years I loved her well 

  

 The more I kissed her, the more I loved her 

 the more I kissed her, the more she smiled 

 Soon I forgot my mother´s teaching 

 Nancy soon had me beguiled 

  

 Now, I rose early in the morning 

 to slake my thirst, it was my need 

 I tried to rise but I was not able  

 Nancy had me by the knees 

  

 So I´m going back to the Carlton weaving 

 I´ll surely make them shuttles fly 

 For I´ll make more at the Carlton weaving  

 than ever I did in the roving way 

  

 So come all you weavers, you Carlton weavers  

 come all you weavers, where e´er you be 

 Beware of Whiskey, Nancy Whiskey 

 she´ll ruin you like she ruined me