House Carpenter

Well met well met my own true love

Well met well met cried he

I've just returned 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

For it's been three quarters of a long long year

Since together we have been

I can't come in and I can't sit down

I haven't but a moment's time

But I hear you're married to the house carpenter

So your love will never be mine

And I could've married with the king's daughter there

So free she was with me

But I forsook all the crowns and gold

And it's all for the love of thee

If you would have married with the king's daughter there

I'm sure you are to blame

And it's now I've married to the house carpenter

And I'm sure he's a fine young man

Well will you forsake your house carpenter

And come away with me

I'll take you down to where the grass grows green

Down by the sweet dundee

So she picked up her tine wee babe

And kisses gave it three

Saying

Stay right here my sweet sweet dear

And keep your father company

Well they hadn't been on ship but about 2 weeks

I'm sure it was not 3

When she espied his cloven foot

And began to weep most bitterly

Are you weeping for your house and land

Or are you weeping for your store

Or are you weeping for your house carpenter

Whose face you'll never see no more

No I'm not weeping for my house and land

I'm not weeping for my store

It's now I'm weeping for my soul so dear

Whose purity I'll never see no more

Well they hadn't been on ship for about 3 weeks

I'm sure it was not 4

When he stomped his foot and down she sank

And sank to arise no more

Well met well met my own true love love

Well met well met cried he

I've just returned to the salt salt sea

And it's all for the love of thee