6 THE HOUSE CARPENTER Given to me December 12, 1939 by Mr Arthur Hays of Triplett, N. C.
I will lay my head again a closet doar To see what my true love has to say Says it has bin full a quarter of a year are more Since I spoke one word to the Said it has bin full a quarter of a year are more Since I spoke one word to the.
I will come in but I won't sit down For I have not a moment of time I heard you was engaged to a nother xmanx young man And your hart was no longer mine I herd you was engaged to another young man And your hart was no longer mine.
Oh dont you remember when your hart was mine Your arms all round my neck You make me believe by the falsce oth You swore that the sun rose in the west You made me believe by the falsce othx You swore that the sun rose in the west.
Icould have have married a Kings daughter Or she would have married me But I refused those crowns of gold It was all for the love of the. But I refused those crowns of gold It was all for the love of the.
If you could have married a Kings daughter fair You sure are the one to blame I have xbin wedx lately bin wed to a house carpenter And I think he is a nice young man I hav lately bin wed to a house carpenter And I think he is a nice young man.
Forsake oh forsake your house carpenter And go along with me I will take you to where the grass grows green On the banks of the deep blue sea I will take you where the grass grows green On the banks of the deep blue sea.
If I forsake my house carpenter And go along with the What have you got to maintain me on To keep me from slavery What have you got to maintain me on To keep me from slavery.
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