Work of the Weavers, Frobisher Bay Volunteers, Irish Music

[cycloneaxe]

Thanks folks,didnt expect such an educated reply so quickly.love this song.going to do a bit more research on the information you guys so kindly provided.thanks and keep the folk music scene going by watching and posting them.thanks!

[cycloneaxe]

can anyone tell me about the history of this song,it was on a record in my house 30 -40 years ago,my father was a shop steward and i think it was on some sort of union album,he always worked in steelworks and fought soo hard for his fellow workers he died a very unhappy man.think he felt screwed over by the way the inustrial heart got ripped out of the uk by its own fucking goverment.sorry for swearning but I think the goverment has destroyed this country.

[BobJohnson1945]

@cycloneaxe It will take a few days to research.  40 years is 1970. The Clancy's sang this song in the 1960's. I believe it is Traditional. But I'll see if I can dig more up.

[BobJohnson1945]

From Wikipedia "Silesian weavers uprising (German: Schlesischer Weberaufstand) of 1844." May be a lead

[BobJohnson1945]

This entry in Wikipedia in re The Calton Weavers describes the Calton Weavers, and Nancy Whiskey, both a song and a Lady Singer come from it. Closer I think.

[BobJohnson1945]

@cycloneaxe The short guy on the right is Jack Burke. ". I went to my copy of The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem Song Book, pub. 1964 and all it says above the copy was "Arranged, adapted and New Material by Liam Clancy and Ewan MacColl" - hey, isn't that a Scottish name?" He is doing more.

[BobJohnson1945]

from Jack: "The author was a Forfar weaver, David Shaw. He died in Forfar in 1856." Also, "The song was printed in Robert Ford's collection "Vagabond Songs and Ballads of Scotland" in 1899". And, "Shaw was a Chartist sympathizer, and would sing this song with other of his compositions, at trade and Chartist meetings during that period.".

[BobJohnson1945]

Thank you. It was a labor of love.

[TwiligtVampire]

wow this is good. i love this song (: xx

[xXBocephusXx]

I love this song.

[BobJohnson1945]

Thanks very much. We had great fun singing this and the other Irish Tunes we did. The song is applicable to many things, well beyond weaving. Please send it to your friends and if you get time check out the other songs posted by bobjohnson1945.

Bob

[SupportWeThePeopleKB]

Thanks! I share this with my students for learning about the cusp of the U.S. Industrial Revolution. Our area suffered difficulties of the bottom dropping out of the wool market and of the slave-produced cotton competition. I like the ambiguity of whether the weavers were handloom artisans or at the power looms. Great for a discussion of the Lunddites. Do you have ay background on it? Students enjoy this one! Terrific harmonies.

[Constantlibrarian]

Another good song along the same line is Steeleye Span's "Weaver and the Factory Maid." It's the industral revolution in 4 minutes.

Great job on the song!

[IrishDaragh]

Wow you guys sing a lot of Clancy Brothers songs, nice well done

[BobJohnson1945]

Yes, in the 60"s we did 'all' Clancy's and Wolftones. Lots of Folk tunes too. They are all coming as I get time.