Grandpa Was A Carpenter - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

Written by：John Prine

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 eisen hower

'Cause lincoln won the war

Well he used to sing me blood on the saddl

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

He'd 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 eisen hower

'Cause lincoln won the war

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 eisen hower

'Cause lincoln won the war

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 eisen hower

'Cause lincoln won the war

Voted for eisen hower

'Cause lincoln won the war