House Carpenter Lyrics

This a story about a ghost come back from out of the sea
Come to take his bride away from the house carpenter

Well met, well met, my own true love
Well met, well met, cried she
I've just returned from the salt, salt sea
And it's all for the love of thee

I could have married a king's daughter there
She would have married me
But I have forsaken my king's daughter there
It's all for the love of thee

Well, 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 take you where the green gra*s grows
On the shores of sunny Italy

So up she picked her babies three
And gave them kisses, one, two, three
Saying, "Take good care of your daddy when I'm gone
And keep him good company"

Well, they were sailin' about two weeks
I'm sure it was not three
When the younger of the girls, she came on deck
Sayin' she wants company

Well, are you weepin' for your house and home?
Or are you weepin' for your babies three?
Well, I'm not weepin' for my house carpenter
I'm weepin' for my babies three

Oh what are those hills yonder, my love
They look as white as snow
Those are the hill of heaven, my love
You and I'll never know

Oh what are those hills yonder, my love
They look as dark as night
Those are the hills of hell fire my love
Where you and I will unite

Oh twice around went the gallant ship
I'm sure it was not three
When the ship all of a sudden, it sprung a leak
And it drifted to the bottom of the sea

Bob Dylan - The Bootleg Series, Vols. 1-3 : Rare And Unreleased, 1961-1991

Aug 1997

1. Hard Times In New York Town
2. He Was A Friend Of Mine
3. Man On The Street
4. No More Auction Block
5. House Carpenter
6. Talkin' Bear Mountain Picnic Massacre Blues
7. Let Me Die In My Footsteps
8. Rambling, Gambling Willie
9. Talkin' Hava Negeilah Blues
10. Quit Your Low Down Ways
11. Worried Blues
12. Kingsport Town
13. Walkin' Down The Line
14. Walls Of Red Wing
15. Paths Of Victory
16. Talkin' John Birch Paranoid Blues
17. Who Killed Davey Moore?
18. Only A Hobo
19. Moonshiner
20. When The Ship Comes In
21. The Times They Are A-Changin'
22. Last Thoughts On Woody Guthrie
23. Seven Curses
24. Eternal Circle
25. Suze (The Cough Song)
26. Mama, You Been On My Mind
27. Farewell, Angelina
28. Subterranean Homesick Blues
29. If You Gotta Go, Go Now (Or Else You Gotta Stay All Night)
30. Sitting On A Barbed Wire Fence
31. Like A Rolling Stone
32. It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry
33. I'll Keep It With Mine
34. She's Your Lover Now
35. I Shall Be Released
36. Santa-Fe
37. If Not For You
38. Wallflower
39. Nobody 'Cept You
40. Tangled Up In Blue
41. Call Letter Blues
42. Idiot Wind
43. If You See Her, Say Hello
44. Golden Loom
45. Catfish
46. Seven Days
47. Ye Shall Be Changed
48. Every Grain Of Sand
49. You Changed My Life
50. Need A Woman
51. Angelina
52. Someone's Got A Hold Of My Heart
53. Tell Me
54. Lord Protect My Child
55. Foot Of Pride
56. Blind Willie McTell
57. When The Night Comes Falling From The Sky
58. Series Of Dreams