House Carpenter
by
Roger McGuinn
is licensed under a Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License.
“The House Carpenter” is a popular name for Child Ballad No. 243. The official names are “James Harris,” or “The Daemon Lover.” This ballad may have been partially inspired by an ancient myth that was a catalyst for Richard Wagner’s operatic masterpiece, “The Flying Dutchman.”
Lyrics and chords available from Folk Den Project.