If I Were a Carpenter (song)

If I Were a Carpenter (song)

"If I Were a Carpenter" is a song written by Tim Hardin. It was a Top Ten hit for Bobby Darin in 1966, reaching number 8 in the US, and has been covered by:
*Johnny Cash and June Carter (a country-pop crossover in 1970).
*Ramblin Jack Elliot
*John Holt
*Wayne Cochran
*The Pozo Seco Singers
*The Four Tops and Leon Russell
*Robert Plant
*Ed Kuepper
*Bob Seger
*Leonard Nimoy
*Luka Bloom
*Small Faces
*Smile
*John Swan, aka Swanee (singer)
*Joan Baez
*Emmylou Harris & Johnny Hallyday
*Cornelis Vreeswijk (Swedish version "Om jag vore arbetslös")
*Marie Fredriksson (Swedish version)
*Willie Nelson and Sheryl Crow
*Engineers (band)
*Dolly Parton
*Elridge Holmes
*Burl Ives on "The Times They Are a-Changin'"
*The Free Design
*Yo La Tengo live on WFMU
*Leslie West on The Great Fatsby
*Chicken Shack
*Neil Diamond


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