Nancy Whiskey
Public domain - full karaoke IMMHA-L171
Credit: Traditional · year not shown
Origin: Traditional Scottish song (also called 'The Calton Weaver'). Handwritten sheet marked 'Traditional', 4/4, key of D, with a melody line.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_Whiskey_(song)
Lyrics sheet: courtesy of Country Roads Folk Music Camp, Mount Madonna County Park, California (about the camp)
Original scan: from John's songbook (scan to be posted on @IMMHACAL)
Chords as printed on the original song sheet. 4/4 time, key of D (handwritten sheet, as written; the sheet spells Calton as 'Carlton').
D Bm G A7 I am a weaver, a Carlton weaver D Bm G A7 I am a brash and a roving blade G D G A7 I will wander where I wish to D Bm G A7 I will follow a roving trade [Chorus] D Bm G A7 D Bm G A7 D Whiskey, whiskey, Nancy whiskey, whiskey, whiskey, Nancy, Oh D Bm G A7 As I walked out into Glasgow city D Bm G A7 Whiskey, whiskey I chanced to smell G D G A7 I walked in, sat down beside her D Bm G A7 Seven long years I loved her well [Chorus] D Bm G A7 The more I kissed her, the more I loved her D Bm G A7 The more I kissed her the more she smiled G D G A7 I forgot my mother's teachings D Bm G A7 Nancy soon had me beguiled [Chorus] D Bm G A7 I'm going back to the Carlton weavers D Bm G A7 I'll really make those shuttles fly G D G A7 I'll make more at the Carlton weavin' D Bm G A7 Than ever I'll need in a roving way [Chorus] D Bm G A7 So come all ye weavers, ye Carlton weavers D Bm A7 Weavers wheree'er ye be G D G A7 Beware of whiskey, Nancy whiskey D Bm G A7 She'll ruin you like she blinded me [Chorus]