Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song House Carpenter, artist - Dave Van Ronk. Date of issue: 12.03.2020
Song language: English
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 sake of thee |
| I could have married a King’s daughter there |
| So freely she was with me |
| But I have forsaken a crown of gold |
| It’s all for the sake of thee |
| If you could have married a King’s daughter there |
| I’m sure you are to blame |
| For I’ve recently wedded a house carpenter |
| And I think he’s a fine young man |
| Will you forsake your house carpenter |
| And come and go along with me |
| I’ll take you to where the grass grows green |
| On the banks of sweet Italy |
| Well she picked up her dear little babe |
| Kisses she gave him three |
| Saying «stay at home my dearest babe |
| And keep your daddy company.» |
| They had not been sailin' but about two days |
| I’m sure it was not three |
| When this fair lady began to weep |
| And she wept most bitterly |
| «Why are you weepin' my dearest dear? |
| Are you weepin' for my golden store?» |
| Or are you weeping for your house carpenter |
| Whose face you’ll never see anymore? |
| «I am not weepin' for my house carpenter |
| Nor for any store |
| But I am weepin' for my own dear babe |
| Whose face I’ll never see anymore.» |
| What hills, what hillls are those, my dear |
| What hills so fair and high |
| Those are the hills of heaven, my dear |
| But not for you or I |
| What hills, what hills are those, my love |
| What hills so dark and low |
| Those are the hills of hell my dear |
| Where you and I must go |
| They had not been sailin' but about three days |
| I’m sure that it was not four |
| When the ship sprang a leak in the bottom of the deck |
| And she sank for to ride no more |