| Grandpa Was A Carpenter |
| Jone Prine |
| Grandpa wore his suit to dinner |
| nearly every day |
| No particular reason, |
| he just dressed that way |
| Brown necktie with a matching vest |
| both his wingtip shoes |
| built a closet on our back porch |
| put a penny in a burned-out fuse |
| Grandpa was a carpenter, |
| built houses, stores and banks |
| Chain-smoked camel cigarettes, |
| hammered nails in planks |
| He would level on the level, |
| shaved even every door |
| voted for eisenhower, |
| cause lincoln won the war |
| Solo(Guitar) |
| Well, used to sing me blood on the saddle |
| rock me on his knee |
| let me listen @@to the radio |
| before we got TV |
| Well, he'd drive to @@church on sunday |
| and he'd take me@@ with him too |
| Stained glass in every window, |
| hearing aids@ in every pew |
| Grandpa was a carpenter, |
| built houses, stores and banks |
| Chain-smoked camel cigarettes, |
| hammered nails in planks |
| He would level on the level, |
| shaved even every door |
| voted for eisenhower, |
| cause lincoln won the war |
| Solo(Mandolin & Fidle) |
| My grandma was a teacher, |
| She went to school in bowling green |
| Traded in a milking cow for |
| a singer sewing machine |
| Well, she called her husband mister, |
| and she walked real tall and proud |
| She used to buy me |
| comic books |
| after grandpa died |
| Grandpa was a carpenter, |
| built houses, stores and banks |
| Chain-smoked camel cigarettes, |
| hammered nails in planks |
| He would level on the level, |
| shaved even every door |
| voted for eisenhower, |
| cause lincoln won the war |