House Carpenter by Nickel Creek
Well met, well met
said an old true love
well met, well me
said he
I have just returned
from the salt, salt sea
and it's all
for the love of thee
come in, come in,
my own true love
and have a seat by me
it's been three-fourths
of a long, long year
since together we have been
I can't come in
and I can't sit down
for I've only
a moment's time
they say you're married
to a house carpenter
and your heart
will never be mine
I could've married
the king's daughter fair
and she would have married me
but I have forsaken
her crowns of gold
and it's all
for the love of thee
now will you forsake
your house carpenter
and go along with me
I'll take you
where the grass grows green
on the banks
of the deep blue sea
then she picked up
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