House Carpenter Intro (Play this throughout) D e-----2---2-2-2-2-|-----2---2-2-2-2- B-----3---3-3-3-3-|-----3---3-3-3-3- G-----2---2-2-2-2-|-----2---2-2-2-2- D-0---------------|-0--------------- A-----------------|----------------- E-----------------|----------------- D/C D/B D e----x---2---2-2---|-----2---2-2-2-2- B----3---3---3-3---|-----3---3-3-3-3- G----2---x---2-2---|-----2---2-2-2-2- D----------0-------|-0--------------- A-0h3--2---------3-|----------------- E------------------|----------------- Here's a story about a ghost come back from out in the sea Come to take his bride away from the house carpenter D D/C D/B D "Well met, well met, my own true love D/C D/B D Well met, well met" cried she D/C D/B D "I have just returned from the salt salt sea D/C D/B D 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 sake of thee" instrumental D and G "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 a-sure he's a fine young man" "Forsake, forsake your house carpenter And come away with me I'll take you to where the green grass grows On the shores of sunny Italy" So up she picked her babies three And give em kisses one two three Saying, "take good care of your daddy while I'm gone And keep him good company" instrumental Well they were sailing about two weeks I'm sure it was not three When the younger of the girls, she came on deck Saying, "what's company" "Well are you weeping for your house and home Or are you weeping for your bee" (?) "Well I'm not weeping for my house carpenter I'm weeping for my babes three" "Oh what are those hills yonder my love? They look as white as snow" "Those are the hills of heaven my love Where You and I'll never know" "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" solo Oh twice around went the gallant ship Im 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 solo