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