House Carpenter

well met, well met said an old true love

well met, well met said he

I've just returned from the salt salt sea

and it's all for the love of thee



come in, come in my old true love

and have a seat with me

it's been three fourths of a long long year

since together we have been



no I can't come in, I can't sit down

for I have but a moment's time

they say you are married to a house carpenter

and your heart will never be mine



yet I could have married a king's daughter dear

and I'm sure she'd have married me

but I've forsaken her crowns of gold

and it's all for the love of thee



will you forsaken your house carpenter

and go along with me

I'll take you where the grass grows green

on the banks of the deep blue sea



she picked up her little babe

and kisses gave it three

say's stay right here my darling little babe

and keep your papa company



hadn't been on the ship but about two weeks

I'm sure it was not three

'til his true love began to weep and moan

and she weeped most bitterly



says are you weeping for my silver or my gold

are you weeping for my silver or my store

are you weeping for your house carpenter

whose face you'll never see no more



I'm not weeping for your silver or your gold

no I'm not weeping for your store

I am weeping for my darling little babe

whose face I'll never see no more



they hadn't been on the ship but about three weeks

I'm sure it was not four

'til they sprung a leak in the bottom of the ship

sunk and never rise no more