The Carpenter (John Brown's Scaffold) (click on song title to hear MP3 music clip)
© Jennie Avila

Chorus: He's the carpenter who
Built the desk out of the wood
From the scaffold that hung John Brown. . .

3. In 1859
There was not wood to waste
And none had the luxury to ask
If it was in good taste

Chorus: For the carpenter to
Build the desk out of the wood
From the scaffold that hung John Brown
With the rest of the wood
He built a new porch
On a house in Charlestown
From the scaffold that hung John Brown