Well met, well met said an old true love
Well met, well met said he
I've 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 with me
It's been three-fourths of a long, long year
Since together we have been
I can't come in, nor can't sit down
For I haven't but a moment's time
They say you're married to a house carpenter
And your heart will never be mine
Now it's I could have married a king's daughter dear
And I'm sure she'd have married me
But I've forsaken grounds of gold
And I've forsaken grounds of gold

And it's all for the love of thee
Now will you forsake your house carpenter
And go along with me
I'll take you where the grass grows green
By the banks of the deep blue sea
So she picked up
her own little babe
And kisses gave it three
Saying stay right here
My darling little babe
And keep your papa company
Hey!
Hadn't been on ship but about two weeks
I'm sure it was not three
Till his own true love began to mourn
And she wept most bitterly
Now it's are you weeping for your silver and your gold
Or are you weeping for your store
Or are you weeping for your house carpenter
Whose face you'll never see anymore
No, I'm not weeping for my silver and my gold
Nor am I weeping for my store
I am weeping for my darling little babe
Whose face I'll never see anymore
They hadn't been on ship but about three weeks
I'm sure it was not four
When they sprang a leak in the bottom of the ship
And it sank for to rise no more