Oh, when I was a tailor, I carried my bodkin and shears.

'what's'

When I was a weaver I carried my rood and my gear.

No one wants to make an effort these days.

Is that the final extent of your input?

And see her two breasts standing so, like two white hills covered with snow.

When I was a fletcher I carried my arrers

They will always need horseshoes said my grandpa
They will always need quills and ink
They will always need harness and ploughmen
At least that's what grandpa did think

He was right about the horseshoes

In time he'll be right about much of the rest.