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Thread #50701   Message #1147767
Posted By: George Seto - af221@chebucto.ns.ca
27-Mar-04 - 04:27 PM
Thread Name: Versions: Whiskey Nancy
Subject: Lyr Add: DARKLEY WEAVER / NANCY WHISKY
Here's what I made out from CBC's broadcast of Tommy Makem and Evans and Doherty with the Nova Scotia Symphony. Some words I can't quite make out, but here is what I have. If someone can help with the missing words, I'd appreciate it. Darkley Weaver/Nancy Whisky

DARKLEY WEAVER / NANCY WHISKY

Chorus
Ah the whisky, Nancy Whisky
Ah the whisky, Nancy oh
 
I'm a weaver, a Darkley weaver
I'm a rash and a rakish blade
And to buy me a suit of clothin'
In to Ceilidh my way I make
 
Well I came in by the Ceilidh Monument
And Nancy Whisky I chanced to spy
I was tempted to go and try her
For seven long years now I had been dry
 
Well I went in and sat beside her
I had a small one, I wanted more
And the more I tasted, the more I wanted it
Till all my senses flew out the door
 
Early, early in the morning
I awoke in a stranger's bed
There beside me on the pillow
Was a toothless and dirty ugly old hag
 
Well she awakened, she wanted money
For her services she'd have her wage
I said I'm sorry I'd only sixpence
I said that's fine dear, here's tuppence change
 
So come all you weavers, you Darkley weavers
You Ceilidh weavers, and ____ too
___ Nancy Whisky
She ruined me, and she ruined you
 
I'll go back to Darkley to my trade of weaving
Where balls spin and the shuttles fly
I'll settle down there with decent people
Bid Nancy Whisky a long good bye

Any corrections would be appreciated.