Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Harper, artist - Tom Paxton. Date of issue: 07.02.2005
Record label: Elektra, Warner Strategic Marketing
Song language: English
Harper |
| Father, Father build me a cabin fine |
| There I’ll go at once and lay me down |
| Build for me a bed of pine |
| For I feel my time is a coming 'round |
| Love of mine, love of mine |
| Love of mine, love of mine |
| No daughter of mine will suffer shame |
| I’ll build your cabin by the lake |
| There I’ll wait with you till Harper comes |
| And his black and bloody life I’ll take |
| Love of mine, love of mine |
| Love of mine, love of mine |
| She lay down upon her bed of pain |
| She was groanin' as her time drew nigh |
| Father turn your face unto the wall |
| For I see a murder in your eyes |
| Love of mine, love of mine |
| Love of mine, love of mine |
| Now Harper he stepped up to the cabin door |
| His horse he’d left in the woods nearby |
| He stepped into the cabin carelessly |
| And he heard a low and a deadly cry |
| Love of mine, love of mine |
| Love of mine, love of mine |
| Oh you bloody awful man |
| My daughter’s pain is all because of you |
| You would not take her for your wedded wife |
| And now it’s a terrible thing that I must do |
| Love of mine, love of mine |
| Love of mine, love of mine |
| He fired his gun and Harper he fell down |
| His blood fell on the dark and Earthen floor |
| Lie there, lie there you faithless man |
| You’ll never break your vows no more |
| Love of mine, love of mine |
| Love of mine, love of mine |