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The Calton Weaver by Eddi Reader

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Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Verse:
N.C.
I'm a weaver, a Calton weaver
N.C.
I'm a rash and a roving blade
N.C.
I've got silver in my pooches
N.C.
I'll gang and follow the roving trade

Chorus:
N.C.
Whisky, whisky, Nancy whisky
N.C.
Whisky, whisky, Nancy-o

Verse:
N.C.
As I come in by Glesga city
N.C.
Nancy Whisky I chanced to smell
N.C.
I ga'd in, sat doon aside her
N.C.                               C
Seven lang years I loved her well

Chorus:
                F     G       C
Whisky, whisky, Nancy whisky
                F     G  C
Whisky, whisky, Nancy-o
                F     G       C
Whisky, whisky, Nancy whisky
                F     C
Whisky, whisky, Nancy-o

Instrumental:
C    F  G  C    F  G
C    F  G  C    F  C

Verse:
                           F      G          C
The mair I kissed her, the mair I loved her
                          F        G       C
The mair I loved her, the mair she smiled
                 F        G        C
Till I forgot my mither's teachin'
               F    G       C
Nancy soon had me beguiled

Verse:
                         F      G       C
So I'll gang back to the Calton weavin'
                     F        G    C
Surely I'll make the shuttles fly
                       F      G       C
I'll make mair fae the Calton weavin'
                   F      G    C
Than ever I did in rovin' way

Chorus:
                F     G       C
Whisky, whisky, Nancy whisky
                F     G  C
Whisky, whisky, Nancy-o
                F     G       C
Whisky, whisky, Nancy whisky
                F     C
Whisky, whisky, Nancy-o

Instrumental:
C    F  G  C    F  G
C    F  G  C    F  C

Chorus:
                F     G       C
Whisky, whisky, Nancy whisky
                F     G  C
Whisky, whisky, Nancy-o
                F     G       C
Whisky, whisky, Nancy whisky
                F     C
Whisky, whisky, Nancy-o

Chorus:
                F     G       C
Whisky, whisky, Nancy whisky
                F     G  C
Whisky, whisky, Nancy-o
                F     G       C
Whisky, whisky, Nancy whisky
                F     C
Whisky, whisky, Nancy-o

Chorus:
                F     G       C
Whisky, whisky, Nancy whisky
                F     G  C
Whisky, whisky, Nancy-o
                F     G       C
Whisky, whisky, Nancy whisky
                F     C
Whisky, whisky, Nancy-o

The Calton Weaver Chords Info

Last Updated: September 10, 2025

Chords: E, A, D, G, B, C, F