House Carpenter chords by Jon Boden

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Verse 1
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Well met, well met, my own true love
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Well met, well met, cried he
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I've just returned from the salt salt sea
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An d it's all for the love of Thee
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Oh, I could have married the
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King's daughter, dear
And she would have married me
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But I have refused the crown of gold
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And it's all for the love of Thee
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If you could have married the king's daughter,
dear,
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I'm sure you are to blame
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For I am married to the house carpenter,
and he is a fine young man
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Oh, if you'll forsake your house,
carpenter,
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and come along with me
I'll take you to where
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the grass grows green
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on the banks of Italy
If I forsake my house, carpenter,
and come along with thee,
oh, what have you got
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to maintain me upon
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and to keep me from slavery?
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Oh, I've six ships sailing on the salt sea
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A -sailing from dry land
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And a hundred and twenty
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jolly young men
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Shall be at your command
She picked up her poor wee babe
And kisses she gave him three
Saying, stay right here
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with the house carpenter
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And  keep him company
Oh, she picked up her poorly -baked
And kisses she gave them three
Said, stay right here with
the house -carpenter
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And  keep him company
They had not been two weeks at sea
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I'm sure it was not three
When this poor maid began
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to weep
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And she wept most bitterly
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Oh, do you weep for your gold,
he says?
Your house is your land or your store?
Or do you weep for
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your house, carpenter,
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That you never shall see no more?
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I do not weep for my gold, she said,
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My house is my land or my store,
But I do weep for my poor wee babe,
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That I shall never see more.
They had not been three weeks at sea,
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I'm sure it was not four
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When in their ship there sprang a leak,
and she sank to the ocean floor
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What hills, what hills are those,
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my love,
that are so bright and free?
Oh, those are the hills of heaven,
my love,
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but they're not for you and me.
What hills, what hills are those,
my love,
that are so dark and low?
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Oh, those are the hills of hell,
my love,
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where you and I must go. you