House Carpenter Lyrics

The song House Carpenter is performed by Natalie Merchant in the album named The House Carpenter's Daughter in the year 2003 .

"Well met, well met
And I know true love
Well met, well metâ, said he
âI'm just returning from the salt, salt sea
And it's all for the love of theeâ

âcome in, come in
My own true love
And have a seat with me
It's been three-fourths
Of a long, long year
Since together we have beenâ

âno I can't come in
And I can't sit down
For I have but a moment's time
They say that you're married
To a house carpenter
And your heart shall never be mineâ

âwell I could have married
The king's daughter fair
She would have married me
But I forsaked upon
Her crowns of gold
And it's all for the love of theeâ

ânow will you forsake on
Your house carpenter
And go along with me?
I'll take you where
The gra*s grows green
On the banks of the bitter reedsâ

She pick'd up her wee little babe
And kisses, gave it three saying,
âstay right here my darling little one
Keep your papa companyâ

Now they had not been
On the ship two weeks
I swear it was not three
When his true love began
To weep and moan
And she wept most bitterly

âare you weeping
For my silver and gold
Are you weeping for my store or are
You weeping for that house carpenter
That you ne'er shall see no more?â

âa curse on the sailor she swore
A curse, a curse she swore
You robbed me of my sweet little babe
That I never shall see no more!â

Well, they had not been
On the ship three weeks
I swear it was not four
Until there came a leak in the ship
And she sank
To rise no moreâ¦

Natalie Merchant - The House Carpenter's Daughter

Sep 2003

House Carpenter