House Carpenter (Take 1)

[Intro]

This is a story about a ghost come back from out of the sea

Come to take his bride away from the house carpenter

[Verse 1]

Well met, well met, my own true love

Well met, well met, cried she

I've just returned from the salt, salt sea

And it's all for the love of thee

[Verse 2]

I could have married a King's daughter there

She would have married me

But I have forsaken my King's daughter there

It's all for the love of thee

[Verse 3]

Well, if you could have married a King's daughter there

I'm sure you're the one to blame

For I am married to a house carpenter

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

[Verse 4]

Forsake, forsake your house carpenter

And come away with me

I'll take you to where the green grass grows

On the shores of sunny Italy

[Verse 5]

So up she picked her babies three

And give them kisses, one, two, three

Saying, "Take good care of your daddy while I'm gone

And keep him good company"

[Verse 6]

Well, they were sailing about two weeks

I'm sure it was not three

When the younger of the girls, she came on deck

Saying she wants company

[Verse 7]

"Well, are you weeping for your house and home?

Or are you weeping for your babies?"

"Well, I'm not weeping for my house carpenter

I'm weeping for my babies three"

[Verse 8]

"Oh, what are those hills yonder, my love?

They look as white as snow"

"Those are the hill of heaven, my love

You and I'll never know"

[Verse 9]

"Oh,what are those hills yonder, my love?

They look as dark as night"

"Those are the hills of hellfire my love

Where you and I will unite"

[Verse 10]

Oh, twice around went the gallant ship

I'm sure it was not three

When the ship all of a sudden, it sprung a leak

And it drifted to the bottom of the sea