Natalie Merchant - House Carpenter Lyrics
"well met, well metAnd I know true loveWell met, well met", said he"I'm just returning from the salt, salt seaAnd it's all for the love of thee""come in, come inMy own true loveAnd have a seat with meIt's been three-fourthsOf a long, long yearSince together we have been""no I can't come inAnd I can't sit downFor I have but a moment's timeThey say that you're marriedTo a house carpenterAnd your heart shall never be mine""well I could have marriedThe king's daughter fairShe would have married meBut I forsaked uponHer crowns of goldAnd it's all for the love of thee""now will you forsake onYour house carpenterAnd go along with me?I'll take you whereThe grass grows greenOn the banks of the bitter reeds"She pick'd up her wee little babeAnd kisses, gave it three saying,"stay right here my darling little oneKeep your papa company"Now they had not beenOn the ship two weeksI swear it was not threeWhen his true love beganTo weep and moanAnd she wept most bitterly"are you weepingFor my silver and goldAre you weeping for my store or areYou weeping for that house carpenterThat you ne'er shall see no more?""a curse on the sailor she sworeA curse, a curse she sworeYou robbed me of my sweet little babeThat I never shall see no more!"Well, they had not beenOn the ship three weeksI swear it was not fourUntil there came a leak in the shipAnd she sankTo rise no more...
