| «Well met, well met» said an old true love
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| «Well met, well met» said he
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| «I'm just returning from the salt, salt sea and it’s all for the love of thee»
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| «Come in, come in, my old true love
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| And have a seat with me
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| It’s been three-fourths of a long, long year since together we have been»
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| «Well I can’t come in or I can’t sit down
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| For I haven’t but a moment’s time
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| They say you’re married to a house carpenter and your heart will never be mine»
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| «Now it’s I could-a married a king’s daughter here
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| I’m sure she’d-a married me
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| But I’ve forsaken her crowns of gold and it’s all for the love of thee»
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| «Now will you forsaken your house carpenter
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| And go along with me?
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| I’ll take you where the grass grows green on the banks of the deep blue sea»
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| She picked up her little babe
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| And kisses gave him three
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| Says, «Stay right here, my darling little babe and keep your papa company»
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| Well they hadn’t been on ship but about two weeks
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| I’m sure it was not three
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| Till his true love began to weep and mourn and he weeped most bitterly
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| Says, «Are you a-weeping for my silver or my gold?»
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| Says, «Are you a-weeping for my store?»
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| Are you weeping for that house carpenter whose face you’ll never see anymore?"
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| «No it’s I’m not a-weeping for your silver or your gold
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| Or neither for your store
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| I am weeping for my darling little babe whose face I’ll never see anymore»
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| Well they hadn’t been on ship but about three weeks
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| I’m sure it was not four
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| Till they sprung a leak in the bottom of the ship and they sunk for to rise no
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Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song The House Carpenter , by - The Handsome Family. Song from the album Milk and Scissors, in the genre Кантри