Oldham Tinkers - The Poor Cotton Weaver

Filmed at Gallery Oldham ('Cops and Bobbins' Exhibition) on 17th November 2007

[@mary25adam1]

is there any way to get a literal translation of this song?

[@madamemarmot]

Steeleye Span recorded it as Four Loom Weaver - sorry I forget which album, but it's a bit easier to understand (more standard language). Also, you can see a print version in local dialect in Elizabeth Gaskell's novel Mary Barton. There it's referred to as Oldham Weaver.

[@madamemarmot]

Sorry, not Steeleye Span, Silly Sisters - kzbin.info/www/bejne/epLOlKupo8h7nNU

[@LeonTrimble]

@@madamemarmot exact same lyrics! which are in (olde) english!

[@nicholasblincoe1]

It's in English