The House Carpenter- Hall (AR) 1942 Randolph L
[Last stanza only from Vance Randolph's Ozark Folksongs, Vol. 1, 1946.
R. Matteson 2013]
The House Carpenter- Mary Hall of Fayetteville, AR, on March 14, 1942 sings the final stanza as follows: (Randolph L)
How awful was that seafarin' man,
How awful was his life,
For the robbing of the house carpenter,
And stealing away of his wife,
And stealing away of his wife.