Lyrics
Her daddy is a building man
He built her up a feeding top
Log by log, he stacked them tall
Her daddy is a building man
Built her up a dreaming bed
Stone by stone, a girl’s small throne
His body made weak for the bread that she eats
The sweat on his brow laid her yellow head down
Her daddy is a shelterer
He made her walls of freedom
Brick by brick, he laid them thick
Her daddy is a shelterer
Made her up a fireplace
Rock by rock, her warmth was wrought
His back brazen brown by the sun coming down
Her heat in command by the work of his hands
Her daddy is a carpenter
Stacks his ladder to the sky
Rung by rung, he climbs back up
Her daddy is a carpenter
Just like the Holy One
High above he, looks so lovely
With hammer in hand he tells her his plan
“I’ll work all my days so my children can play
And never complain of my labor or pain
I’ll give of my skin so my family can live ”