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T:The Weaver Is Handsome
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B: E.M. Gardner & G.J. Chickering, Ballads and Songs of Southern Michigan (1939; 1967, p. 173)
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w:I am a young gilr, and my for-tune is sad; I've a
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w:long time been court-ed by a rov-ing young lad. He
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w:court-ed me high-ly both by night and by day, And_
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w:now for to leave me he's go-ing a-way.
W:
W:I am a young girl, and my fortune is sad;
W:I've a long time been courted by a roving young lad.
W:He courted me highly both by night and by day,
W:And now for to leave me he's going away.
W:
W:Some say I'll go crazy, more say I'll go mad
W:For the sake of the weaver, that beautiful lad.
W:For he's all of my life and he's all of my joy;
W:If I don't get the weaver, my life I'll destroy.
W:
W:I'll cut off my hair and I'll dress in men's clothes;
W:And I'll follow the weaver wherever he goes,
W:For the weaver is handsome, the weaver is tall,
W:And I love the weaver the best of them all.
W:
W:Her father came to her one day in great haste
W:Saying, "Follow the weaver your friends to disgrace.
W:It's go and get married, say nothing me,
W:And when you are married, see how kind I'll be."