House Carpenter- Pope (KY) 1917 Sharp MS; Bronson 126
[Music with two stanzas taken from Sharp's MSS, 3618/2681, as given by Bronson in his TTCB III, 1966, no. 126.
R. Matteson 2013]
House Carpenter [The Daemon Lover]- Sung by Mrs. Minnie Pope, Clear Creek, Wasioto, KY, May 1, 1917.
I could have married a king's daughter,
I am sure you were to blame,
But now you've married a house carpenter,
He is a nice young man.
(Last stanza)
Farewell all on ship,
Farewell all on shore,
Farewell to the first man married me,
I am sinking to rise no more.