Ship's Carpenter- James Thomas (Som) 1906 Sharp

Ship's Carpenter- James Thomas (Som) 1906 Sharp MS

[My title. Single stanza with music from Cecil Sharp Manuscript Collection (at Clare College, Cambridge) (CJS2/10/1041)

R. Matteson 2016]

 

Ship's Carpenter- Sung by James Thomas of Cannington, Somerset on August 17, 1906. Collector: Cecil Sharp.
 
In Warwick, in Warwick, in  Warwickshire,
There lives a young damsel her beauty shines fair,
A young man he courted her for his dear,
And for his trade was a ship's carpenter.