Well met, well met said an old true loveWell met, said heI'm just returning from the salt, salt sea, all for the love of theeCome in, come in my old true love and have a seat with meIt's been three-fourths of a long, long year since together we have beenWell I can't come in or I can't sit downFor I haven't but a moment's timeThey say you're married to a house carpenter and your heart will never be mineThat's odd, could've married a king's daughter dearI'm sure she'd of married meBut, I've forsaken her crowns of gold all for the love of theeWill you forsaken your house carpenter and come and go with me?I'll take you where the grass grows green on the banks of the deep blue seaShe picked up her little babe and kisses gave it threeSays stay right here my darling little babe and keep your poppa companyWell they hadn't been on ship for about two weeks, I'm sure it was not three,when his true love sat down and began to weep and mourn most bitterlySays are you weepin' for my silver or my gold? Says are you weepin' for my store?Or are you weepin' for that house carpenter whose face you'll never see no more?No, I'm not weepin' for your silver or your goldOr neither for your storeI am weepin' for my darling little babe whose face I'll never see no moreWell they hadn't been on ship for about three weeks, I'm sure it was not four,when they sprung a leak in the bottom of the ship and it sunk for to rise no more.
Lyrics by The Handsome Family
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