The House Carpenter- Gross (VA) 1918 Sharp MS
[My title replacing the generic Daemon Lover. Single stanza with music from Sharp MSS., 4393/. Also Bronson 39.
R. Matteson 2016]
[The House Carpenter] - Sung by William Gross, Peaks of Otter, Bedford County, Va., July 26, 1918.
If you could have married a King's daughter dear,
I'm sure you are to blame,
For now I'm married to a house carpenter,
And I think he's a nice young man.