Andy, thank you so much for posting this song. You have know idea what this song means to me. My dad and I sang this song together when I was a little boy. This is one of my favorite memories as a child. I've often looked for this song on YouTube, and I thank God that I've found it, and it's because of you. My dad passed a few years ago, so now I have something I can listen to and always remember my daddy. Thank you so much. My name is Jonathan Matthew Varnes. You can find me on facebook.

https://youtu.be/CNxirTkenc4

Is a link to the song

Andy

The first verse goes

The first time I saw Him,
He was just a little tot,
trying to help as best he could
there in Joseph's shop.
I said 'son, what are you building?'
as I watched Him there at play
then the little carpenter turned to me to say

*corus*

Love it. I had this on a tape cassette an Irish family had recorded will see if I can dig it out.

My sister and I would sing that song for our grandpa, He always loved to hear it. I can't remember the first verse but the second was...

It was hard for me to realize as I watched the crowd that day, that this was the little carpenter that I had seen at play and as they crucified him up there on Calvary, It seems the words he spoke to me, seems I hear them srtill...

Chorus

I heard a song once and kind find it anywhere the chorus went something like this:

I'm going to build a ship, a ship to sail the seas
I'm going to build a great big bridge, gonna build it from a tree
I'm going to build a mansion, for all my friends to dwell
Then away went the little Carpenter, with his wood, a hammer and a nail.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.