Key: C major•
Verse 1
Well met, well met, cried he
I've just returned from the salt salt sea
And it's all for the sake of thee
I could have married a
king's daughter there,
she would have married me
And I have refused that crown of gold,
and it's all for the sake of thee
If you could have married a
king's daughter, dear,
I'm sure you are to blame
For I am married to a house carpenter,
and he is a fine young man
If you forsake your house, Carpenter,
I'll fly away with me
I'll take you to where the
grass grows green
On the banks of Sweet Willie
If I forsake my house, carpenter,
and fly away with thee
What have you got to maintain me upon
and keep me from slavery?
I've six ships sailin' on the salt sea,
Sailin' from dry land,
And a hundred and twenty
jolly young men
Shall be at your command.
She picked up her poor little babe
Her kisses were one, two, three
And as she trod upon her way
And shone like a glittering tree
They had not been at sea two weeks,
I'm sure it was not three
When this poor maid began to cry,
and she wept most bitterly
Oh, do you weep for your Lord?
He said, Your house is your
land and your store.
Oh, do you weep for your house,
Carpenter,
The one you'll never see anymore?
The one you'll never see anymore
I do not weep for my gold, she said
My house is my land or my store
But I do weep for my poor little baby
That I'll never shall see anymore
They had not been at sea three weeks,
I'm sure it was not four
When in the ship they strang a great leak
And she sank to rise no more
No, she sank to rise no more
Farewell, farewell, my own true love
Farewell, farewell, cried she
How could I desert my house carpenter
And grieve him in the depths of the sea
For a grave in the depths of the sea
Well met, well met, my own true love
Well met, well met, Cratchit
I've just returned from the salt -salt sea
Outro 1
And it's all for the sake of thee
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