Into: E D A E
"This is a story about a ghost that came back
from out at sea, come to take his bride away
from the house carpenter..."
E D A
Well met, well met, my own true love
E D A E
Well met, well met, cried she
E D A
I've just returned from the salt, salt sea
E D A E
And it's all for the love of thee
E D A
I could have married a King's daughter there
E D A E
She would have married me
E D A
But I have forsaken my King's daughter there
E D A E
It's all for the love of thee
E D A
Well, if you could have married a King's daughter there
E D A E
I'm sure you're the one to blame
E D A
For I am married to a house carpenter
E D A E
And I'm sure he's a fine young man
E D A
Forsake, forsake your house carpenter
E D A E
And come away with me
E D A
I'll take you to where the green grass grows
E D A E
On the shores of sunny Italy
E D A
So up she picked her babies three
E D A E
And gave them kisses, one, two, three
E D A
Saying "take good care of your daddy while I'm gone
E D A E
And keep him good company."
E D A
Well, they were sailin' about two weeks
E D A E
I'm sure it was not three
E D A
When the younger of the girls, she came on deck
E D A E
Sayin' she wants company
E D A
"Well, are you weepin' for your house and home?
E D A E
Or are you weepin' for your babies three?"
E D A
"Well, I'm not weepin' for my house carpenter
E D A E
I'm weepin' for my babies three."
E D A
Oh what are those hills yonder, my love
E D A E
They look as white as snow
E D A
Those are the hill of heaven, my love
E D A E
You and I'll never know
E D A
Oh what are those hills yonder, my love
E D A E
They look as dark as night
E D A
Those are the hills of hell-fire my love
E D A E
Where you and I will unite
E D A
Oh twice around went the gallant ship
E D A E
I'm sure it was not three
E D A
When the ship all of a sudden, it sprung a leak
E D A E
And it drifted to the bottom of the sea
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