Lyrics

Well met, well met my own true love
Well met well met said he
You’ve gone away with another my love
And thus forsaken me

I do not cry for my broken heart
Nor for your broken vow
It’s for your children who asks after you
That I’m crying now

CHORUS:
I am just a house carpenter
And it’s all I want to be
But you took me everything I had
And stole across the sea

Leave it to a messenger
To only bring bad news
On the fly he brought me mine
None which I could use

Set sail set sail the captain said
I have what I’ve come for
He gave to her the strangest glance
He’d ever seen before

CHORUS

I’ve heard sad stories all my life
But none so sad as this
A mile from shore a storm came forth
And stirred that black abyss

The gallant ship spun one time around
She prayed forgive me please
Too late, too late said the devils first mate
Your soul belongs to the seas

CHORUS

Now I am not a man of word
Or one of great discern
There are many lessons that we’re taught
And so few that we learn

But I can say without regret
To keep you safe from wrath
Content yourself with your circumstance
Be happy with the life you have