[Intro]
This is a story about a ghost come back from out of the sea
Come to take his bride away from the house carpenter

[Verse 1]
Well met, well met, my own true love
Well met, well met, cried she
I've just returned from the salt, salt sea
And it's all for the love of thee

[Verse 2]
I could have married a King's daughter there
She would have married me
But I have forsaken my King's daughter there
It's all for the love of thee

[Verse 3]
Well, if you could have married a King's daughter there
I'm sure you're the one to blame
For I am married to a house carpenter
And I'm sure he's a fine young man

[Verse 4]
Forsake, forsake your house carpenter
And come away with me
I'll take you to where the green grass grows
On the shores of sunny Italy
[Verse 5]
So up she picked her babies three
And give them kisses, one, two, three
Saying, "Take good care of your daddy while I'm gone
And keep him good company"

[Verse 6]
Well, they were sailing about two weeks
I'm sure it was not three
When the younger of the girls, she came on deck
Saying she wants company

[Verse 7]
"Well, are you weeping for your house and home?
Or are you weeping for your babies?"
"Well, I'm not weeping for my house carpenter
I'm weeping for my babies three"

[Verse 8]
"Oh, what are those hills yonder, my love?
They look as white as snow"
"Those are the hill of heaven, my love
You and I'll never know"

[Verse 9]
"Oh,what are those hills yonder, my love?
They look as dark as night"
"Those are the hills of hellfire my love
Where you and I will unite"
[Verse 10]
Oh, twice around went the gallant ship
I'm sure it was not three
When the ship all of a sudden, it sprung a leak
And it drifted to the bottom of the sea