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The House Carpenter From the album Milk and Scissors [Intro] A5 [Verse 1]
A5Well met, well met, said an old true love A5Well met, well met, said he A5I'm just returning from the salt, salt sea, A5and it's all for the love of thee
[Verse 2]
A5Come in, come G5in, my old true lA5ove and have a sG5eat with A5me It's been three-fourths of a lG5ong, long year since togA5ether E5we have bA5een
[Verse 3]
A5Well, I can't come G5in or I can't sit dA5own For I haven't but a mG5oment's tA5ime They say you're married to a hG5ouse carpenter and your hA5eart will nE5ever be mA5ine
[Verse 4]
A5That's odd, could've married a king's daughter dear A5I'm sure she'd've married me A5But, I've forsaken her crowns of gold A5all for the love of thee
[Verse 5]
A5So, will you forG5saken your house carpenA5ter and come and G5go with A5me? I'll take you where the grass gG5rows green on the bA5anks of the dE5eep blue sA5ea
[Verse 6]
A5She picked G5up her little bA5abe and kisses gG5ave it thA5ree Says stay right here my dG5arling little babe and kA5eep your poppa E5compaA5ny
[Verse 7]
A5Well they hadn't been on ship for about two weeks, A5I'm sure it was not three, A5when his true love sat down and began to weep A5and mourn most bitterly
[Verse 8]
A5Says are you wG5eepin' for my silver or my gA5old? Says are you wG5eepin' for my stA5ore? Or are you weepin' for that hG5ouse carpenter whose fA5ace you'll never sE5ee no mA5ore?
[Verse 9]
A5No, I'm not wG5eepin' for your silver or your gA5old Or neither G5for your sA5tore I am weepin' for my dG5arling little babe whose fA5ace I'll never E5see no mA5ore
[Verse 10]
A5Well they hadn't been on ship for about three weeks, A5I'm sure it was not four, A5when they sprung a leak in the bottom of the ship A5and it sunk for to rise no more
[Outro] A5