"well met, well met
and I know true love
well met, well met", said he
F* (* see note)
"I'm just returning
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 with me
it's been three-fourths
of a long, long year
G (Begin strumming)
since together we have been"
"no I can't come in
and I can't sit down
for I have but a moment's time
they say that you're married
to a house carpenter
G (rest of the band comes in)
and your heart shall never be mine"
"well I could have married
a king's daughter fair
she would have mar-ried me
but I forsaked upon
her crowns of gold
G (Fiddle comes in)
and it's all for the love of thee"
"now will you forsake on
your house carpenter
and go along with me?
I'll take you where
The grass grows green
On the banks of the bitter reeds"
Break/Fiddle Solo: G, Cadd6 G Cadd6 G F G
She pick'd up her wee little babe
And kisses gave it three saying,
"stay right here my darling little one
keep your papa company"
Break/Fiddle Solo: (Like the first) G, Cadd6 G Cadd6 G F G
Now they had not been
On the ship two weeks
I swear it was not three
When his true love began
To weep and moan
And she wept most bitterly
"now are you weeping
for my silver and gold
are you weeping for my store or are
you weeping for that house carpenter
that you ne'er shall see no more?"
a curse, a curse
on the sailor she cried
a curse, a curse she swore
"you robbed me of my sweet little babe
that I ne'er shall see no more!"
Break/Fiddle Solo: G, Cadd6 G Cadd6 G F G
(Slower)
well, they had not been
on the ship three weeks
I swear it was not four
Until there came a leak in the ship
G end.
And she sank to rise no more...
* The guitar during this section does little variations. I suggest if playing by yourself play:
Xx 32 13 3211 3210 3211
EADGBe
To give it a more complete and richer sound.
Cadd6 x3203
and I know true love
well met, well met", said he
F* (* see note)
"I'm just returning
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 with me
it's been three-fourths
of a long, long year
G (Begin strumming)
since together we have been"
"no I can't come in
and I can't sit down
for I have but a moment's time
they say that you're married
to a house carpenter
G (rest of the band comes in)
and your heart shall never be mine"
"well I could have married
a king's daughter fair
she would have mar-ried me
but I forsaked upon
her crowns of gold
G (Fiddle comes in)
and it's all for the love of thee"
"now will you forsake on
your house carpenter
and go along with me?
I'll take you where
The grass grows green
On the banks of the bitter reeds"
Break/Fiddle Solo: G, Cadd6 G Cadd6 G F G
She pick'd up her wee little babe
And kisses gave it three saying,
"stay right here my darling little one
keep your papa company"
Break/Fiddle Solo: (Like the first) G, Cadd6 G Cadd6 G F G
Now they had not been
On the ship two weeks
I swear it was not three
When his true love began
To weep and moan
And she wept most bitterly
"now are you weeping
for my silver and gold
are you weeping for my store or are
you weeping for that house carpenter
that you ne'er shall see no more?"
a curse, a curse
on the sailor she cried
a curse, a curse she swore
"you robbed me of my sweet little babe
that I ne'er shall see no more!"
Break/Fiddle Solo: G, Cadd6 G Cadd6 G F G
(Slower)
well, they had not been
on the ship three weeks
I swear it was not four
Until there came a leak in the ship
G end.
And she sank to rise no more...
* The guitar during this section does little variations. I suggest if playing by yourself play:
Xx 32 13 3211 3210 3211
EADGBe
To give it a more complete and richer sound.
Cadd6 x3203