Well met, well met,
and my own true love
Well met, well met, says he
I am just returnin' from the salt,
salt sea,
And it's all for the love of thee.
So come in, come in,
and my old true love,
And have a sit with me.
It's been three -fourths of a long, year
Since together we have been.
Oh, I can't come in, nor I
won't sit down,
For I have but a moment's time.
For they say you are married
to a house carpenter,
So your heart will never be mine.
And yet I could have married
some king's daughter fair,
And she would have mar ried me
But I've forsaken her
crowns of gold
And it's all for the love of thee
So it's won't you forsaken your house,
carpenter
And come along with me
I'll take you where the grass
grows green
On the banks of Ittory
So she's lifted up her little young son
And kisses she's gave him three
Saying, stay right here,
my darling little babe
And keep your papa company
Now they'd not been on board
above two weeks,
I'm sure it was not three,
When his true love began to weep and mourn,
And she wept most bitterly.
Are you weepin' for your silver
and your gold?
Are you weepin' for your store?
Or are you weepin' for your
house -carpenter,
Whose face you'll never see no more?
Oh, a curse, a curse on the sailor,
she cried
Yes, a curse, a curse, she swore
You robbed me of me little young son,
So I never shall see him no more
Oh, what hills, what hills are those,
my love,
those hills that shine like gold,
are those are the hills of heaven,
my love,
where you and I can go.
And what hills, what hills are those,
my love?
Those hills so dark and cold
Are those are the hills of hell,
my love,
where you and I must go
Now they'd not been on board
above three weeks
I'm sure it was not for
Before there came a leak in the ship
And she sunk and she never rose more
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