[ If I were a carpenter von Bobby Darrin ]


IF I WERE A CARPENTER

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1.    If I were a carpenter       and you were a lady,
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    would you marry me anyway,     would you have my baby?
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    If a tinker were my trade,      would you still love me?
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    Carrying the pots I made,       following behind me.
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Save my love through loneliness, save my love for sorrow.
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I've given you my onliness,    come and give me your tomorrows.

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2.     If I worked my hands in wood,      would you still love me?
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    Answer me, baby, yes, I would,       I'd put you above me.
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    If I were a miller,       at a mill wheel grinding,
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    would you miss your colored box,    your soft shoes shining?

 + REFRAIN  +

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

(Bobby Darrin)