House Carpenter — текст песни (Nickel Creek)

(Traditional, Arr. Sara Watkins / Alison Krauss)

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.