trad
The Teacups: https://haystackrecords.bandcamp.com/track/the-weary-cutters
Chorus:
Oh, the weary cutters, they’ve taken my laddie from me (x2)
They always come in the night, They never come in the day
They always come in the night, And they steal the laddies away
They’ve shipped him far away foreign, With Nelson all on the salt sea
Oh, the weary cutters, they’ve taken my laddie from me
When I look to the north I look with a tear in my eye
But when I look to the south I see the laddies come by
I’ll give the cutters a shilling, I’ll give the cutters no more
I’ll give the cutters a shilling to fetch my laddie ashore
Oh, the weary cutters, and oh, the weary sea
Oh, the weary cutters, they’ve taken my laddie from me