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