{"id":626,"date":"2013-07-27T23:25:32","date_gmt":"2013-07-28T03:25:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/?page_id=626"},"modified":"2018-03-19T12:43:05","modified_gmt":"2018-03-19T16:43:05","slug":"nancy-whiskey-or-the-carlton-weaver","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/?page_id=626","title":{"rendered":"Nancy Whiskey, or The Carlton Weaver"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A favourite from the Clancy Brothers repertoire; traditional Scots song&#8230; Interestingly, there was a singer by the name of <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nancy_Whiskey\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nancy Whiskey<\/a>\u00a0from Scotland!\u00a0 It appears to date in one form or another to the very turn of the 19th century with the city cited as London rather than the Calton of the more popular version.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Calton,_Glasgow\">Calton<\/a> was a town in its own right and alongside Glasgow, but is now a district of today&#8217;s larger Glasgow &#8211; which is why some singers will simply sing &#8220;a Glasgow weaver&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">Jos. Morneault<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 50%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-626 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/?attachment_id=4940'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/09937-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4940\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4940'>\n\t\t\t\tEdition &#8211; Bod3635\nImprint Names:  Jennings, J.\n\nImprint Locations:  London\n\nDate  between 1790 and 1840\nImprint: Printed and sold by J. Jennings, No. 15, Water-lane, Fleet- street\n\n\nBallad &#8211; Roud Number: 883\nTitle: Nancy Whisky\n\nhttp:\/\/ballads.bodleian.ox.ac.uk\/search\/roud\/883\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/?attachment_id=4941'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/09936-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4941\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4941'>\n\t\t\t\tEdition &#8211; Bod9588\nImprint Names:  Croshaw, C.\n\nImprint Locations:  York\n\nDate  between 1814 and 1850\nImprint: C. Croshaw, Printer, Coppergate, York\n\n\nBallad &#8211; Roud Number: 883\nTitle: Nancy Whisky\n\nhttp:\/\/ballads.bodleian.ox.ac.uk\/search\/roud\/883\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I am a weaver, a Calton weaver.<br \/>\nI am a rash and a roving blade.<br \/>\nI have silver in my pockets,<br \/>\nAnd I follow\u00a0the roving trade<\/p>\n<p>Chorus:<br \/>\n<strong><em>Whiskey, whiskey, Nancy whiskey<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><em> Whiskey, whiskey, Nancy O!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As I walked into Glasgow city<br \/>\nNancy Whiskey I chanced to smell<br \/>\nI walked in, sat down beside her<br \/>\nSeven long years I loved her well<\/p>\n<p>The more I kissed her, the more I loved her<br \/>\nThe more I kissed her, the more she smiled<br \/>\nSoon I forgot my mother&#8217;s teaching<br \/>\nNancy soon had me beguiled<\/p>\n<p>Now I\u00a0rose early in the morning<br \/>\nTo slake my thirst, it was my need!<br \/>\nI tried to rise but I was not able<br \/>\nNancy had me by the knees.<\/p>\n<p>So I&#8217;m going back to the Calton weaving;<br \/>\nI&#8217;ll surely make those shuttles fly,<br \/>\nFor I made more at the Calton weaving<br \/>\nThan ever I did in a roving way!<\/p>\n<p>So come all ye weavers, ye Calton weavers<br \/>\nCome all ye weavers where e&#8217;re ye be!<br \/>\nBeware of Whiskey, Nancy Whiskey;<br \/>\nShe&#8217;ll ruin you like she ruined me!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A favourite from the Clancy Brothers repertoire; traditional Scots song&#8230; Interestingly, there was a singer by the name of Nancy Whiskey\u00a0from Scotland!\u00a0 It appears to date in one form or another to the very turn of the 19th century with the city cited as London rather than the Calton of the more popular version.\u00a0 Calton [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":21,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-626","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/626","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=626"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/626\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4945,"href":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/626\/revisions\/4945"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}