House Carpenter

Traditional A G C A Well met, well met, my own true love A G C E Well met, well met, cried he A A G G I've just returned from the salt, salt sea C E A A And it's all for the sake of thee A G C A I could have married a King's daughter there A G C E So freely she was with me A A G G But I have forsaken a crown of gold C E A A It's all for the sake of thee A G C A If you could have married a King's daughter there A G C E I'm sure you are to blame A A G G For I've recently wedded a house carpenter C E A A And I think he's a fine young man A G C A Will you forsake your house carpenter A G C E And come and go along with me A A G G I'll take you to where the grass grows green C E A A On the banks of sweet Italy A G C A Well she picked up her dear little babe A G C E Kisses she gave him three A A G G Saying "stay at home my dearest babe C E A A And keep your daddy company." A G C A They had not been sailin' but about two days A G C E I'm sure it was not three A A G G When this fair lady began to weep C E A A And she wept most bitterly A G C A "Why are you weepin' my dearest dear? A G C E Are you weepin' for my golden store?" A A G G Or are you weeping for your house carpenter C E A A Whose face you'll never see anymore? A G C A "I am not weepin' for my house carpenter A G C E Nor for any store A A G G But I am weepin' for my own dear babe C E A A Whose face I'll never see anymore." A G C A What hills, what hillls are those, my dear A G C E What hills so fair and high A A G G Those are the hills of heaven, my dear C E A A But not for you or I A G C A What hills, what hills are those, my love A G C E What hills so dark and low A A G G Those are the hills of hell my dear C E A A Where you and I must go A G C A They had not been sailin' but about three days A G C E I'm sure that it was not four A A G G When the ship sprang a leak in the bottom of the deck C E A A And she sank for to ride no more