House Carpenter- Harvey (MO) 1958 Hunter
[From The Max Hunter Folk Song Collection online. I've done some minor editing.
R. Matteson 2013]
House Carpenter- As sung by Mrs. Doug "Ina" Harvey, Rolla, Missouri on June 30, 1958.
Listen: http://maxhunter.missouristate.edu/songinformation.aspx?ID=0146
VERSE 1
O, is it for the land that you weep
Or is it for the shore
Or is it for your [innocent little babe,]
That you never shall see no more
VERSE 2
It is not for the land that I weep
Nor is it for the shore
But it is for my poor little innocent little babe
That I left on yon green shore
But it is for my poor innocent little babe
That I never shall see no more
VERSE 3
That had not sailed but two or three weeks
I'm sure it was not four
God sunk the ship to the bottom of the sea
And her weepings were heard no more
God sunk the ship to the bottom of the sea
And her weepings were heard no more.