IF I WERE A CARPENTER
(Tim Hardin)

Recorded by:

Tree Adams; American Blues Exchange; American Folk Singers;
Joan Baez; Beat Farmers; Harry Belafonte; Luka Bloom; 
Ray Bryant; Johnny Cash; June Carter Cash; Chicken Shack;
Bobby Darin; John Davidson; Val Doonican; ..... and others.



If I were a carpenter 
and you were a lady, 
Would you marry me anyway? 
Would you have my baby? 

If a tinker were my trade 
would you still find me, 
carrin' the pots I made, 
followin' behind me. 

Save my love through loneliness, 
Save my love for sorrow, 
I'm given you my onliness, 
Come give your tomorrow. 

If I worked my hands in wood, 
Would you still love me? 
Answer me babe, "Yes I would, 
I'll put you above me." 

If I were a miller 
at a mill wheel grinding, 
would you miss your color box, 
and your soft shoe shining? 

If I were a carpenter 
and you were a lady, 
Would you marry me anyway? 
Would you have my baby? 
Would you marry anyway? 
Would you have my baby?