“The Weaver and the Factory Maid”
Description
The singer, a hand-weaver, loves a woman who works in a factory. He visits her in her bedroom despite his family's scorn. All the girls have gone to weave with steam; "If you would see them you must rise at dawn/And trudge to the mill in the early morn"
Recordings
- Robert Cinnamond, "The Weaver and the Factory Maid" (on IRRCinnamond01) (fragment; only the first verse)
- A. L. Lloyd, "The Weaver and the Factory Maid" (on Lloyd3, IronMuse1)
References
- DT, WVFACTGL WEAVFACT (both transcribed from the recording by Steeleye Span; the former is the better transcription)
- BI, DTwvfact