Key: D
Introduction:
Em D Bm C D
All mandolin breaks in the song follow the same
chords as verse.
Em
Well Met, Well Met, Said an old true love.
Well Met, Well Met, Said He
D Bm C
I just returned from the salt, salt sea. And it's all for
D Em
the love of thee.
Em
Come In, Come in, My Own true love
and have a seat by me
D Bm C
It's been three-fourths of a long, long year since together
D Em
we have been
Em
I can't come in and I can't sit down,
for I've only a moment's time.
D Bm C
They say you're married to a house capenter and your heart
D Em
will never be mine
Em
I could've married the king's daughter fair
And she would've married me.
D Bm C
But I have forsaken her crowns of gold, and it's all for
D Em
the love of thee
Em
Now will you forsake your house carpenter,
And go along with me?
D Bm C
I'll take you wher the grass grows green on the banks of the
D Em
deep blue sea.
Em
Then she picked up her darling little babe
and kisses she gave it three.
D Bm C
Saying stay right here you darling little babe, and keep
D Em
your papa company.
Em
They had not been on the ship two weeks
I'm sure it was not three.
D Bm C
'Til this true love began to weep and to mourn and she wept
D Em
most bitterly.
Em
Saying are you weeping for my silver and my gold?
Saying are you weeping for my store?
D Bm C
Or are you weeping for your house carpenter, whose face
D Em
you'll never see no more?
Em
I am not weeping for your silver and your gold.
I am not weeping for your store.
D Bm C
No, I am weeping for my darling little babe whose face i'll
D Em
never see no more
Em
A curse, a curse to the sailor she cried.
A curse, A Curse she swore.
D Bm C
You robbed me of my darling little babe. That I shall never
D Em
see no more.
Em
They had not been on the ship three weeks.
I'm sure is was not four.
D Bm C
When there came a leak in the bottem of the ship and sank
D Em
the for to rise no more.