Key: D major
Intro 1
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Verse 1
met said an old true love
Well met, well met said he
I've just returned from the
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salt salt sea
Verse 2
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Come in, come in my old true love
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And have a seat with me
It's been three fourths
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of a long long year
Verse 3
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No I can't come in, I can't sit down
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For I have but a mo ment's time
They say you are married to a
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house carpenter
Interlude 1
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Verse 4
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Yet I could have married
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And I'm sure she'd have married me
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But I've forsaken her crowns of gold
Verse 5
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house carpenter
And go along with me
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grows green
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On the banks of the deep
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blue sea
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Verse 6
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She picked up her little babe
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And kisses gave it three
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Verse 7
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I'm sure it was not three
'Til his true love began
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to weep and moan
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And she weeped most bitterly
Verse 8
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for my
silver or my gold
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Are you weeping for my silver or my store
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carpenter
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Whose face you'll never see
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no more
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Verse 9
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I'm not weeping for your
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No I'm not weeping for your store
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little babe
Interlude 2
no more
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Verse 10
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about three weeks
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I'm sure it was not four
'Til they sprung a leak in
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the bottom of the ship
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Sunk and never rise no more
Outro 1
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