Natalie Merchant - House Carpenter lyric
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�well met, well met
and I know true love
well met, well met�, said he
�I'm just returning from the salt, salt sea
and it's all for the love of thee�
�come in, come in
my own 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
and I can't sit down
for I have but a moment's time
they say that you're married
to a house carpenter
and your heart shall never be mine�
�well I could have married
the king's daughter fair
she would have married me
but I forsaked upon
her crowns of gold
and it's all for the love of thee�
�now will you forsake on
your house carpenter
and go along with me?
I'll take you where
the grass grows green
on the banks of the bitter reeds�
she pick'd up her wee little babe
and kisses, gave it three saying,
�stay right here my darling little one
keep your papa company�
now they had not been
on the ship two weeks
I swear it was not three
when his true love began
to weep and moan
and she wept most bitterly
�are you weeping
for my silver and gold
are you weeping for my store or are
you weeping for that house carpenter
that you ne'er shall see no more?�
�a curse on the sailor she cried
a curse, a curse she swore
you robbed me of my sweet little babe
that I never shall see no more!�
well, they had not been
on the ship three weeks
I swear it was not four
until there came a leak in the ship
and she sank
to rise no more
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