I don't think it's that one Sue.
The one you are thinking of is

'If I were a carpenter' by 'The Four Tops' in 1968?

I thing Gary is looking for a poem narrated on a recording by Richard Burton
in the fifties.

Roger


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From: "Sue Scalf" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 2004 10:36 PM
Subject: Re: Cousins, looking for a specific poem and the poet


> "I  was a carpenter" I can't find it either.  I think it is from a folk
song
> perhaps by Pete Seeger, Jim Croce, or Simon and Garfunkel.  It goes
something
> like: I was a carpenter and she was my lady.  Tum de tum tum and having my
> baby.  Could this be it?
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