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letra de the house carpenter - the beers family

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[verse 1]
“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”

[verse 2]
“oh, i could have married the king’s daughter, dear
and she would have married me
but i have refused the crown of gold
and it’s all for the sake of thee”

[verse 3]
“if you could have married the king’s daughter, dear
i’m sure you are to blame
for i have married the house carpenter
and he is a fine young man”

[verse 4]
“if you’ll forsake your house carpenter
and fly away with me?
i’ll take you to where the grass grows green
on the banks of the sweet willie”

[verse 5]
“if i forsake my house carpenter
and fly away with thee
what have you got to maintain me upon
and keep me from slavery?”
[verse 6]
“i’ve six sailing ships on the salt, salt sea
a-sailing from dry land
and a hundred and twenty jolly young men
shall be at thy command”

[verse 7]
they had not been at sea three weeks
i’m sure it was not four
when she began to weep bitterly
and asked to go ashore

[verse 8]
“oh, do you weep for your house carpenter
or do you weep for me?”
“oh, no, i weep for my wee, wee babe
that i never more shall see”

[verse 9]
they had not been at sea three weeks
i’m sure it was not four
when in the ship there sprang a leak
and she sank to rise no more

[verse 10]
“farewell, farewell, my own true love
farewell, farewell” cried she
“for i have deserted my house carpenter
for a grave at the depths of the sea”
[verse 11]
“well met, well met, my own true love
well met, well met” cried she
“for i have for forsaken my house carpenter
and my babe i nevermore shall see”

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