| Grandpa Was A Carpenter |
| Lonsome Standard Time |
| Oh, grandpa wore his suit to dinner nearly every day |
| No particular reason, he just dressed that way |
| Brown necktie with a matching vest and both his wingtip shoes |
| He built a closet on our back porch and put a penny in a burned-out fuse |
| Grandpa was a carpenter, he built houses, stores and banks |
| Chain-smoked camel cigarettes, and hammered nails in planks |
| He would level on the level, he shaved even every door |
| And voted for eisenhower, 'cause lincoln won the war |
| Solo(Fiddle) |
| Well, he used to sing me blood on the saddle and rock me on his knee |
| And let me listen to the radio before we got TV |
| Well, he'd drive to church on sunday and hefd take me with him too |
| Stained glass in every window, hearing aids in every pew |
| Grandpa was a carpenter, he built houses, stores and banks |
| Chain-smoked camel cigarettes, and hammered nails in planks |
| He would level on the level, he shaved even every door |
| And voted for eisenhower, 'cause lincoln won the war |
| Solo(Fiddle) |
| Well, 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, he built houses, stores and banks |
| Chain-smoked camel cigarettes, and hammered nails in planks |
| He would level on the level, he shaved even every door |
| And voted for eisenhower, 'cause lincoln won the war |
| And voted for eisenhower, 'cause lincoln won the war |