From the album Joan Baez in Concert
[Intro]
Am G Am
[Verse 1]
Am G Am
"Well met, well met, my own true love,
G Am
Well met, well met," cried he.
C G Em
"I've just returned from the salt, salt sea
Am G Am
All for the love of thee."
[Verse 2]
Am G Am
"I could have married the King's daughter dear,
Am G Am
She would have married me.
Am C G Em
But I have forsaken her crowns of gold
Am G Am
All for the love of thee."
[Verse 3]
Am G Am
"Well, if you could have married the King's daughter dear,
G Am
I'm sure you are to blame,
C G Em
For I am married to a house carpenter,
Am G Am
And find him a nice young man."
[Verse 4]
Am G Am
"Oh, will you forsake your house carpenter
G Am
And go along with me?
Am C G Em
I'll take you to where the grass grows green,
Am G Am G Am
To the banks of the salt, salt sea."
[Verse 5]
Am G Am
"Well, if I should forsake my house carpenter
G Am
And go along with thee,
C G Em
What have you got to maintain me on
Am G Am
And keep me from poverty?"
[Verse 6]
Am G Am
"Six ships, six ships all out on the sea,
Am G Am
Seven more upon dry land,
Am C G Em
One hundred and ten all brave sailor men
Am G Am
Will be at your command."
[Verse 7]
Am G Am
She picked up her own wee babe,
Am G Am
Kisses gave him three,
C G Em
Said "Stay right here with my house carpenter
Am G Am
And keep him good company.
[Verse 8]
Am G Am
Then she putted on her rich attire,
Am G Am
So glorious to behold.
C G Em
And as she trod along her way,
Am G Am
She shone like the glittering gold.
[Verse 9]
Am G Am
Well, they'd not been gone but about two weeks,
Am G Am
I know it was not three.
Am C G Em
When this fair lady began to weep,
Am G Am
She wept most bitterly.
[Verse 10]
Am G Am
"Ah, why do you weep, my fair young maid,
Am G Am
Weep it for your golden store?
Am C G Em
Or do you weep for your house carpenter
Am G Am
Who never you shall see anymore?"
[Verse 11]
Am G Am
"I do not weep for my house carpenter
Am G Am
Or for any golden store.
Am C G Em
I do weep for my own wee babe,
Am G Am
Who never I shall see anymore."
[Verse 12]
Am G Am
Well, they'd not been gone but about three weeks,
Am G Am
I'm sure it was not four.
Am C G Em
Our gallant ship sprang a leak and sank,
Am G Am
Never to rise anymore.
[Verse 13]
Am G Am
One time around spun our gallant ship,
Am G Am
Two times around spun she,
Am C G Em
Three times around spun our gallant ship
Am G Am
And sank to the bottom of the sea.
[Verse 14]
Am G Am
"What hills, what hills are those, my love,
Am G Am
That rise so fair and high?"
Am C G Em
"Those are the hills of heaven, my love,
Am G Am
But not for you and I."
[Verse 15]
Am G Am
"And what hills, what hills are those, my love,
Am G Am
Those hills so dark and low?"
Am C G Em
"Those are the hills of hell, my love,
Am G Am
Where you and I must go."
