The Weaver
Source:
O.J. Abbot via Edith Fowke
Composer:
Trad.
Region:
East
Circa:
1800-1849
Year:
1960
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A mildly erotic song, collected from O.J. Abbot by Edith Fowke. O.J. said he learned it in Marchurst, Ontario in about 1890, from a fellow named Leahy, who was about 70 at the time. It is in the Penguin Book of Canadian Folk Songs.
Weavers in early Ontario used to travel from place to place with knock-down looms. They would spend a few weeks weaving the yarn spun by local women into cloth they could use. They developed a reputation...
Themes
SONGS OF SOCIAL LIFE
BAWDRY
ON THE FARM & IN THE BUSH
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