My 3x Great Grandmother Annie Mclaren nee, Garvie/Gardiner was a weaver. They came over from Leith and settled in Dundee. Also My 2x Great Grandmother was a winder in Dundee; again from Leith. God Bless them and all our ancestors!
Women O' Dundee (Sheena Wellington) Chorus: And the wailin' o' the bummer and the clackin' o' the looms Brocht the women o' Dundee oot o' their bed And they walked tae mills and factories and they wrought fae seven tae four And the women kept the bairns o' Dundee fed The men they were nae lazy but the wark was hard tae find The parish and the means test they'd tae face But the lassies' hands were nimble and the lassies' wages small So the women o' Dundee warked in their place My mother and my granny and my aunties ain and a' Went tae the looms the day they left the school They didnae wark for freedom, independence or the rest They just warked tae get some kitchen tae their kail The rhythm o' their livin' was the clackin' o' the looms Their youth and health and strength was lost tae jute But the weavers and the spinners and the winders o' Dundee Had a spirit that the hard times never beat You may boast your noble lineage and sing of your highland clan And hail some gallant chief who shares your name But my line's as good as any and I'm very proud tae say It was fae a Dundee weaver that I came
My 3x Great Grandmother Annie Mclaren nee, Garvie/Gardiner was a weaver. They came over from Leith and settled in Dundee. Also My 2x Great Grandmother was a winder in Dundee; again from Leith. God Bless them and all our ancestors!
Women O' Dundee
(Sheena Wellington)
Chorus:
And the wailin' o' the bummer and the clackin' o' the looms
Brocht the women o' Dundee oot o' their bed
And they walked tae mills and factories and they wrought fae seven tae four
And the women kept the bairns o' Dundee fed
The men they were nae lazy but the wark was hard tae find
The parish and the means test they'd tae face
But the lassies' hands were nimble and the lassies' wages small
So the women o' Dundee warked in their place
My mother and my granny and my aunties ain and a'
Went tae the looms the day they left the school
They didnae wark for freedom, independence or the rest
They just warked tae get some kitchen tae their kail
The rhythm o' their livin' was the clackin' o' the looms
Their youth and health and strength was lost tae jute
But the weavers and the spinners and the winders o' Dundee
Had a spirit that the hard times never beat
You may boast your noble lineage and sing of your highland clan
And hail some gallant chief who shares your name
But my line's as good as any and I'm very proud tae say
It was fae a Dundee weaver that I came
Nobody sings it like Sheena. Wonderful upload.
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