We've met, we've met my old true love We've met, we've met said he I've just returned from the salt salt sea And it's all for the love of thee Come in, come in my old true love And have a seat with me It's been three fourths of a long long year Since together we have been No, I can't come in, I can't sit down I have but a moment's time They say you are married to a house carpenter And your heart will never be mine I could have married the King's daughter fair And she would have married me But I've forsaken her crown of gold And it's all for the love of thee Will you forsake your house carpenter And come along with me I'll take you where the grass grows green On the banks of Ittery Then she picked up her darling little babe And kisses she gave it thee Saying stay right here my darling little babe And keep your papa 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 mourn And she wept most bitterly Oh is it for your silver you weep Oh is it for your store Or is it for that house carpenter Whose face you'll never see anymore? A curse, a curse to the sailor she cried A curse, a curse she swore You've robbed me of my darling little babe Whose face I'll never see anymore They had not been on the ship three weeks I'm sure it was not four They sprang a leak in the bottom of the ship