The House Carpenter (feat. Grant Cummerford)

"Well met, well met, my own true love

Well met, well met," cried he

"I've just returned from the salt, salty seas

And it's all for the love of thee

Well, I could have married a King's daughter there

She would have married me

But I have forsaken that crown of gold

And it's all for the love of thee"

"Oh, hold your tongue, oh, thou form of ours

They'll bring us such bitter strife

Oh, hold your tongue, love, oh thou form of ours

'Cause I've since become a wife

Yes, and if you could have married a King's daughter there

I'm sure you're the one to blame

For I am married to a house carpenter

And I'm sure he's a fine young man"

"Forsake, forsake your house carpenter

And come away with me

I'll show you where the grass grows green

On the shores of sunny Italy"

"Well, if I forsake my house carpenter

And go away with thee

What have you got for to maintain me with

And to keep me from poverty?"

"Six ships, six ships out on the sea

And seven more beyond dry land

A hundred and ten, a bold sailormen

Will be under your command"

Well, she picked up her babies on her knee

And gave 'em kisses, one, two, three

Saying, "Take good care of your daddy while I'm gone

And keep him good company"

Then she dressed herself in a fine head tie

So glorious to behold

And when she stood out upon the street

Well, she shone like the glittering gold

Hey!

They had not been out about two weeks

I'm sure that it was not three

When darker grew her husband's looks

Yes, and stormy grew the sea

The clouds grew dark and the wind grew loud

And down below deck when she

When she spied a glimpse of his cloven foot

Well, she wept most bitterly

He said, "Why are you weeping, my darling dear?

Is it for your gold in store?

Or are you weeping for your house carpenter

Whose face you'll never see anymore?"

She said, "I'm not weeping for my house and home

And neither weeping for my fee

Well, I'm not weeping for my house carpenter

I'm weeping for my baby's sweet"

"What are those hills yonder, my love?

They look as white as snow"

"Those are the hills of heaven, my love

That you and I'll never know"

"What are those hills yonder, my love?

They look as dark as night"

"Those are the hills of hellfire, my love

Where you and I will unite"

Three times around went the gallant ship

When up on the deck strode he

And reaching with his right hand, he struck the mast

And they sunk to the bottom of the sea