Intro :
"Well m et well m et my o wn true love
Well met well m et" cried h e.
"I've just ret urned from the s alt salt s ea
A ll for the l ove of t hee."
"I could have m arried the K ing's daughter dear
S he would have m arried m e.
B ut I have fors aken her cr owns of g old
A ll for the l ove of t hee."
" Well if you could have m arried the K ing's daughter dear
I'm sure you a re to b lame
For I am m arried to a h ouse carpent er
And f ind him a n ice young m an."
" Oh will you fors ake your h ouse carpenter
And go al ong with m e?
I 'll take you to w here the g rass grows g reen
To the b anks of the s alt salt s ea."
"Well if I should fors ake my h ouse carpenter
And go al ong with t hee
What have you g ot to maint ain me o n
A nd keep me from p overt y?"
"Six sh ips six s hips all o ut on the sea
S even more upo n dry la nd
O ne hundred and t en all b rave sailor m en
Will b e at yo ur comm and."
S he picked u p her o wn wee babe
K isses ga ve him t hree
Said "Stay right h ere with my h ouse carpen ter
And k eep him good c ompany .
Then sh e putted o n her ri ch attire
S o glorious t o beh old.
And as she t rod al ong her w ay
She s hone like the g littering g old.
W ell they'd not been g one but ab out two weeks
I know it w as not t hree.
W hen this fair l ady beg an to w eep
She w ept most b itterl y.
"Ah wh y do you w eep my fair young maid
W eep it for your g olden s tore?
O r do you w eep for your h ouse carpent er
W ho never you shall s ee anym ore?"
" I do not w eep for my h ouse carpenter
O r for any g olden s tore.
I do w eep for my o wn wee b abe
Who n ever I shall s ee anymo re."
Well t hey'd not been g one but a bout three weeks
I 'm sure it w as not f our.
O ur gallant s hip sprang a l eak and s ank
N ever to r ise anym ore.
O ne time ar ound spun our g allant ship
T wo times ar ound spun s he
T hree times ar ound spun our g allant s hip
And s ank to the b ottom of the s ea.
" What hills what h ills are t hose my love
T hat rise so f air and h igh?"
" Those are the h ills of h eaven my l ove
But n ot for y ou and I ."
"A nd what hills what h ills are t hose my love
T hose hills so d ark and l ow?"
" Those are the h ills of h ell my l ove
Where you and I must g o."
