Well met, well met, said the man at the door.
Well met, well met, said he.
I've just returned from the salt, salt sea,
And it's all for the love of thee.
So come in, come in, oh my own true love,
And have a sip with me.
It’s been three forths of a long long year
Since together we have been.
Oh I can’t come in, nor I won’t sit down,
For I have but a moments time.
For they say you are married to a house carpetner
So your heart wont never be mine.
And yet I could have married a king's daughter fair. And she would have married me.
But I forsaken her crown of gold,
And it's all for the love of thee.
So its won’t you forsaken your house carpetner,
And come along with me.
I’ll take you where the grass grows green
On the banks of Italy.
So she’s lifted up her darling young son,
And kisses she gave him three.
Stay, stay right here my darling little babe,
And keep your pop company.
Now they’d not been onboard above two weeks,
I'm sure it was not three.
When his true love began to weep and to mourn,
And she wept most bitterly.
Are you weeping for your silver and your gold?
Are you weeping for your store?
Or are you weeping for your house carpenter,
Who’s face you’ll never shall see more?
Oh a curse, a curse on you sailor she cried.
Yes a curse a curse she swore.
You robbed me of my darling little son,
So I shall never see him no more.
Oh what hills, what hills are those, my love,
Those hills that shine like gold?
Ah those are the hill of Heaven my love,
Where you and I can’t go.
And what hills, what hills, are those, my love,
That are so dark and cold?
Those are the hills of Hell my love,
Where you and I must go.
Now they’d had not been onboard above three, weeks I'm sure it was not four.
Before there came a leak in the ship,
And she sank and she never rose more.
credits
from Illusion,
released June 21, 2008
Words and Music • Traditional
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