House Carpenter Lyrics - The House Carpenter's Daughter - Natalie Merchant

"Well met, well met and I know true love 

Well met, well met, said he 

Im just returning from the salt, salt sea 

And its all for the love of thee 

Come in, come in, my own true love 

And have a seat with me 

Its been three-fourths 

Of a long, long year 

Since together we have been 

No I cant come in and I cant sit down 

For I have but a moments time 

They say that youre married 

To a house carpenter 

And your heart shall never be mine 

Well I could have married 

The kings daughter fair 

She would have married me 

But I forsaked upon her crowns of gold 

And its all for the love of thee 

Now will you forsake on 

Your house carpenter 

And go along with me? 

Ill take you where 

The grass grows green 

On the banks of the bitter reeds 

She picked up her wee little babe 

And kisses, gave it three saying 

Stay right here my darling little one 

Keep your papa company 

Now they had not been 

On the ship two weeks 

I swear it was not three 

When his true love began 

To weep and moan 

And she wept most bitterly 

Are you weeping for my silver and gold 

Are you weeping for my store or are 

You weeping for that house carpenter 

That you never shall see no more? 

A curse on the sailor she swore 

A curse, a curse she swore 

You robbed me of my sweet little babe 

That I never shall see no more 

Well, they had not been 

On the ship three weeks 

I swear it was not four 

Until there came a leak in the ship 

And she sank to rise no more