Bobby Darin - If I Were A Carpenter

Artiestinformatie

Geboortedatum	13-05-1936
Land	Verenigde Staten

Bobby Darin, geboren in New York, heette in het echt Walden Robert Cassotto. Hij was in de jaren vijftig een populaire zanger en songwriter die veel genres langsging, onder meer folk, jazz en pop.

Zijn enige hit in Nederland is If I Were A Carpenter, dat in 1966 twee weken op de 8e plaats piekte. Na elf weken verdween het uit de lijst.

In 1973, op zijn 37e, moest hij geopereerd worden aan zijn hart. Darin overleed kort daarna. Er was geen begrafenis: hij wilde dat zijn lichaam ter beschikking zou worden gesteld aan de wetenschap.

Songtekst

If I were a carpenter
And you were a lady
Would you marry me anyway
Would you have my baby

If a tinker were my trade
Would you still find me
Carrying the pots I made
Following behind me

Save my love through loneliness
Save my love for sorrow
I've given you my ownliness
Come and give me your tomorrow

If I work my hands in wood
Would you still love me
Answer me babe: yes, I would
I'll put you above me

If I were a miller
At a mill wheel grinding
would you miss your color box
And soft shoes shining

If I were a carpenter
And you were a lady
Would you marry me anyway
Would you have my baby

Would you marry me anyway
Would you have my baby

Songinformatie

	A-kant
Artiest	Bobby Darin
Titel	If I Were A Carpenter
Lengte	3:44
Componist(en)	Hardin
	B-kant
Titel	Rainin'
Componist(en)	B. Darin

Platenlabel	Atlantic
Catalogusnr	584 051
Album	If I Were A Carpenter