House Carpenter Lyrics - Natalie Merchant

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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 swore
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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