House Carpenter Faun Fables
intro: Cm (fast travis picking during the whole song)
[Cm]Well met, well met my own true love
well met, well met cried he.
I've just returned from the salt salt sea
and it's all for the love of thee.
[Cm]Come in, [A#m]come in [Cm]my own true love,
[Cm]and have [A#m]a seat with [Cm]me,
for [Cm]it's been three quarters of a [A#m]long, long year
since [Cm]together [A#m]we have [Cm]been.
[Cm]I can't come in and I can't sit down
I haven't but a moment's time.
But I hear you're married to the house carpenter
so your love will never be mine.
[Cm]And I could've [A#m]married with the [Cm]king's daughter there,
so free she [A#m]was with [Cm]me.
But I forsook all the [A#m]crowns and gold
and it's [Cm]all for the [A#m]love of [Cm]thee.
[Cm]If you would have [A#m]married with the [Cm]king's daughter there,
I'm sure you [A#m]are to [Cm]blame.
And it's now I've married to the [A#m]house carpenter
and [Cm]I'm sure he's a [A#m]fine young [Cm]man.
[Cm]Well will you forsake your house carpenter
and come away with me?
I'll take you down to where the grass grows green,
down by the sweet dundee.
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[Cm](So she picked [A#m]up her [Cm]tine wee babe
and kisses [A#m]gave it [Cm]three,
saying stay right here my [A#m]sweet, sweet dear
and [Cm]keep your fa[A#m]ther [Cm]company.
[Cm]Well they hadn't been on [A#m]ship but [Cm]about 2 weeks,
I'm sure it [A#m]was not [Cm]3,
Cm...
when she espied his cloven foot
and began to weep most bitterly.)
[Cm]Are you [A#m]weeping for your [Cm]house and land,
or are you [A#m]weeping for your [Cm]store,
or are you weeping for the h[A#m]ouse carpenter
whose [Cm]face [A#m]you'll never see no [Cm]more?
[Cm]No I'm not [A#m]weeping for my [Cm]house and land,
I'm not [A#m]weeping for my [Cm]store,
[Cm]it's now I'm weeping for my soul, so dear,
whose purity I'll never see no more.
(Well they hadn't been on ship for about 3 weeks,
I'm sure it was not 4,
when he stomped his foot and down she sank,
and sank to arise no more.)
[Cm]Well met, [A#m]well met my [Cm]own true love love,
well met, [A#m]well met cried [Cm]he.
I've just returned to the [A#m]salt salt [Cm]sea
and it's all for the love of thee.
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