Biography:
The Handsome Family is an alternative country and americana band, formed in Chicago, Illinois, and currently based in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The band was formed in 1993 by husband-and-wife duo Brett Sparks (vocals, guitar, keyboards) and Rennie Sparks (bass, banjo, vocals), along with drummer Mike Werner. The band would later revolve around Rennie, who writes the lyrics, and Brett, who writes the music. Guest musicians complete the band line-up for recordings and live work.
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Other songs:
- 24 Hour Store
- Bottomless Hole
- Far From Any Road
- Far From Any Road (true Detective Theme)
- Lizard
- My Sister's Tiny Hands
- So Much Wine
- The Woman Downstairs
- Weightless Again
- 1 Country Song
- 3
- A Beautiful Thing
- A Dark Eye
- A Shadow Underneath
- A Thousand Diamond Rings
- After We Shot The Grizzly
- All The Time In Airports
- All The Tvs In Town
- Amelia Earhart Vs The Dancing Bear
- Arlene
- Back In My Day
- Beautiful William
- Big Bad Wolf
- Birds You Cannot See
- Bowling Alley Bar
- Bury Me Here
- Caterpillars
- Cathedrals
- Claire Said
- Cold Cold Cold
- Darling My Darling
- Dont Be Scared
- Down In The Ground
- Down In The Valley Of Hollow Logs
- Drinking Beer On The Roof
- Drunk By Noon
- Dry Bones
- Eels
- Emily Shore 1819
- Everything That Rises Must Converge
- Fallen Peaches
- Far From Any Road True Detective Theme
- Flies
- Frogs
- Gail With The Golden Hair
- Gentlemen
- Giant Ant
- Giant Of Illinois
- Glow Worm
- Gold
- Grandmother Waits For You
- Gravity
- Green Willow Valley
- Gulls
- Happy Harvest
- Heres Hopin
- Honey Moon
- Hunter Green
- I Fell
- I Know You Are There
- In The Air
- June Bugs
- King Of Dust
- Lake Geneva
- Last Night I Went Out Walking
- Lie Down
- Linger Let Me Linger
- Love Is Like
- Moving Furniture Around
- My Beautiful Bride
- My Friend
- My Ghost
- My Sisters Tiny Hands
- No One Fell Asleep Alone
- Octopus
- One Way Up
- Our Blue Sky
- Owls
- Passenger Pigeons
- Peace In The Valley Once Again
- Pony
- Poor Poor Lenore
- She Awoke With A Jerk
- Sleepy
- Snowball
- Somewhere Else To Be
- Spider
- Stalled
- Teslas Hotel Room
- The Bottomless Hole
- The Dutch Boy
- The Forgotten Lake
- The House Carpenter
- The King Who Wouldnt Smile
- The Last
- The Loneliness Of Magnets
- The Lost Soul
- The Petrified Forest
- The Red Door
- The Red Leaf Forest
- The Sad Milkman
- The Sea Rose
- The Silver Light
- The Snow White Diner
- The Song Of 100 Toads
- The Song Of A Hundred Toads
- The White Dog
- The Winding Corn Maze
- There Is A Sound
- These Golden Jewels
- Tin Foil
- Tiny Tina
- Trail Of Time
- Underneath The Falls
- Unseen
- Up Falling Rock Hill
- Water Into Wine
- When It Rains
- When You Whispered
- Where The Birch Trees Lean
- White Lights
- Whitehaven
- Wild Wood
- Wildebeest
- Winnebago Skeletons
- Woman Downstairs
- Woodpecker
- Your Great Journey
Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
The House Carpenter
From the album Milk and Scissors
[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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Well met, well met, said an old true love
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Well met, well met, said he
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I'm just returning from the salt, salt sea,
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and it's all for the love of thee
[Verse 2]
A5 G5 A5
Come in, come in, my old true love
G5 A5
and have a seat with me
G5
It's been three-fourths of a long, long year
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since together we have been
[Verse 3]
A5 G5 A5
Well, I can't come in or I can't sit down
G5 A5
For I haven't but a moment's time
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They say you're married to a house carpenter
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and your heart will never be mine
[Verse 4]
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That's odd, could've married a king's daughter dear
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I'm sure she'd've married me
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But, I've forsaken her crowns of gold
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all for the love of thee
[Verse 5]
A5 G5 A5
So, will you forsaken your house carpenter
G5 A5
and come and go with me?
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I'll take you where the grass grows green
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on the banks of the deep blue sea
[Verse 6]
A5 G5 A5
She picked up her little babe
G5 A5
and kisses gave it three
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Says stay right here my darling little babe
A5 E5 A5
and keep your poppa company
[Verse 7]
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Well they hadn't been on ship for about two weeks,
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I'm sure it was not three,
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when his true love sat down and began to weep
A5
and mourn most bitterly
[Verse 8]
A5 G5 A5
Says are you weepin' for my silver or my gold?
G5 A5
Says are you weepin' for my store?
G5
Or are you weepin' for that house carpenter
A5 E5 A5
whose face you'll never see no more?
[Verse 9]
A5 G5 A5
No, I'm not weepin' for your silver or your gold
G5 A5
Or neither for your store
G5
I am weepin' for my darling little babe
A5 E5 A5
whose face I'll never see no more
[Verse 10]
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Well they hadn't been on ship for about three weeks,
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I'm sure it was not four,
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when they sprung a leak in the bottom of the ship
A5
and it sunk for to rise no more
[Outro]
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From the album Milk and Scissors
[Intro]
A5
[Verse 1]
A5
Well met, well met, said an old true love
A5
Well met, well met, said he
A5
I'm just returning from the salt, salt sea,
A5
and it's all for the love of thee
[Verse 2]
A5 G5 A5
Come in, come in, my old true love
G5 A5
and have a seat with me
G5
It's been three-fourths of a long, long year
A5 E5 A5
since together we have been
[Verse 3]
A5 G5 A5
Well, I can't come in or I can't sit down
G5 A5
For I haven't but a moment's time
G5
They say you're married to a house carpenter
A5 E5 A5
and your heart will never be mine
[Verse 4]
A5
That's odd, could've married a king's daughter dear
A5
I'm sure she'd've married me
A5
But, I've forsaken her crowns of gold
A5
all for the love of thee
[Verse 5]
A5 G5 A5
So, will you forsaken your house carpenter
G5 A5
and come and go with me?
G5
I'll take you where the grass grows green
A5 E5 A5
on the banks of the deep blue sea
[Verse 6]
A5 G5 A5
She picked up her little babe
G5 A5
and kisses gave it three
G5
Says stay right here my darling little babe
A5 E5 A5
and keep your poppa company
[Verse 7]
A5
Well they hadn't been on ship for about two weeks,
A5
I'm sure it was not three,
A5
when his true love sat down and began to weep
A5
and mourn most bitterly
[Verse 8]
A5 G5 A5
Says are you weepin' for my silver or my gold?
G5 A5
Says are you weepin' for my store?
G5
Or are you weepin' for that house carpenter
A5 E5 A5
whose face you'll never see no more?
[Verse 9]
A5 G5 A5
No, I'm not weepin' for your silver or your gold
G5 A5
Or neither for your store
G5
I am weepin' for my darling little babe
A5 E5 A5
whose face I'll never see no more
[Verse 10]
A5
Well they hadn't been on ship for about three weeks,
A5
I'm sure it was not four,
A5
when they sprung a leak in the bottom of the ship
A5
and it sunk for to rise no more
[Outro]
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