House Carpenter

"Well met, well met," said an old true love
 "Well met, well met," said he
 "I have 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 by me
 It's been three-fourths of a long, long year
 Since together we have been
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 I can't come in, and I can't sit down
 For I've only a moment's time
 They say you're married to a house carpenter
 And your heart will never be mine
 I could've married the king's daughter fair
 And she would have married me
 But I have forsaken her crowns of gold
 And it's all for the love of thee
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 Now will you forsake 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
 Then she picked up her darling little babe
 And kisses she gave it three
 Saying, "Stay right here, my darling little babe
 And keep your papa company"
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 They had not been on the ship two weeks
 I'm sure it was not three
 'Til this true love began to weep and to mourn
 And she wept most bitterly
 Saying, "Are you weeping for my silver and my gold?"
 Saying, "Are you weeping for my store?
 Or are you weeping for your house carpenter
 Whose face you'll never see no more?"
 A curse, a curse to the sailor she cried
 A curse, a curse she swore
 You robbed me of my darling little babe
 That I shall never see no more
 They had not been on the ship three weeks
 I'm sure it was not four
 When there came a leak in the bottom of the ship
 And sank them for to rise no more