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Intro 1
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Verse 1
well met," said an old true love
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"Well met, well met," said he
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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
Verse 2
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It's been three- fourths of a long,
long year
Since together, we have been
Verse 3
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I can't come in and I can't sit down
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For I've only a moment's time
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They say you're married
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to a house carpenter
And your heart will never be mine
Verse 4
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I could have married a King's daughter,
fair
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And she would have married me
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But I have forsaken her crowns of gold
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And it's all for the love of thee
Verse 5
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Now 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
Verse 6
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Then she picked up a darlin' little babe
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And kisses, she gave it three
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Saying, "Stay right here,
my darlin' little baby"
Verse 7
And keep your papa company
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They had not been on the ship two weeks
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I'm sure it was not three
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'Til his true love began to
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weep and to mourn
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And she wept most bitterly
Verse 8
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Sayin', "Are you weepin' for
my silver and my gold"
Sayin',
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"Are you weepin' for my store?"
your house carpenter
Verse 9
Whose face you'll never see no more?
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"A curse, a curse to the
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sailor," she cried
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"A curse, a curse," she swore
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You robbed me of my darlin' little babe
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That I shall never see no more
Verse 10
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They had not been on
the ship three weeks
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I'm sure it was not four
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When there came a leak in
the bottom of the ship
And sank them for to rise no more
Verse 11
said an old true love
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"Well met, well met, said he
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I have just returned from the salt, salt sea
And it's all for the love of thee
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