Ship's Carpenter- Mrs. Smithers (Glo) 1908 Sharp MS

Ship's Carpenter- Mrs. Smithers (Glo) 1908 Sharp MS

[My title. Single stanza with music from Cecil Sharp Manuscript Collection (at Clare College, Cambridge) (CJS2/10/1576)

R. Matteson 2016]

 

Ship's Carpenter- Sung by Elizabeth smithers of Tewesbury, Gloucestershire on January 9, 1908. Collector: Cecil Sharp.
 
In fair Worcester city and in fair Worcestershire,
A handsome young damsel and she lived there,
A handsome young man courted her for to be his dear,
And he was by trade a ship's carpenter.