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Verse 1
(D major) Well met, well met, my own true love
Well met, well (C major) met, (D major) cried he
I've just returned from the (C major) salt salt sea
(D major) An d it's (C major) all for the love of Thee
(D major) Oh, I could (C major) have married the
(D major) King's daughter, dear
And she would have married me
But I have refused (C major) the crown of gold
And it's all for the love of (D major) Thee
If you could have (C major) married (D major) the king's daughter,
dear,
I'm sure you (C major) are to (D major) blame
For I am married to the house (C major) carpenter,
and he is a fine young man
(G major) Oh, (D major) if you'll forsake (C major) your house,
carpenter,
(D major) and come along (C major) with (D major) me
I'll take you to where
(C major) the grass grows green
on the banks of Ita (D major) ly
If I forsake my house, carpenter,
and come along with thee,
oh, what have you got
to maintain (C major) me upon
and to keep me from slavery? (D major)
Oh, I've six (C major) ships sailing (D major) on the salt sea
A -sailing (C major) from dry land
(D major) And a hundred and twenty
jolly (C major) young men
Shall be at your com (D major) mand
She picked up her poor wee babe
And kisses she gave him three
Saying, stay right here
with the (C major) house carpenter
An (D major) d (C major) keep (D major) him company
Oh, she picked up her poorly -baked
And kisses she gave them three
Said, stay right here with
the house -carpenter
An (C major) d keep (D major) him company (Dsus4) (D major)
They had not been two weeks at sea
I'm (C major) sure it was (D major) not three
When this poor maid began
(C major) to weep
And she wept most bitterly (D major)
(G major) Oh, (D major) do you weep for your gold,
he says?
Your house is your land or your store?
Or do you weep for
your house (C major) , carpenter,
That you never shall see no (D major) more?
I do not weep (C major) for my (D major) gold, she said,
My house is (C major) my land or my (D major) store,
But I do weep for my poor wee babe,
(C major) That I shall nev (D major) er see more.
They had not been three weeks at sea,
I'm sure it (C major) was not (D major) four
When in their ship (C major) there sprang a leak,
and she sank to the ocean floor
(D major) What hills, what hills are those,
(C major) my (D major) love,
that are so bright and free?
Oh, those are the hills of heaven,
my love,
(C major) but they're not for you and (D major) me.
What hills, what hills are those,
my love,
that are so dark and low?
Oh, those are the hills of (C major) hell,
my love,
where you and I must (D major) go. you
House Carpenter
Jon Boden
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