Folk Songs from the Southern Highlands - online songbook

Southern Appalachians songs with lyrics, commentary & some sheet music.

	Ballad and Songs
	7. She dressed herself in silk so fine, Most glorious to be seen; As she walked along the shore, Outshined the glittering sun. 8.  But she had not been on the ship two weeks, I'm sure it were not three, Till she li-mented in her true-lover's ship And wept most bitterly. 9.  "Is it for my gold you weep? Or is it for my store ? Or is it for your house carpenter That you never shall see any more ?" 10. "It is not for your gold I weep; Nor it is not for your store. I was just weeping for my sweet little babe, That I never shall see any more." 11. She had not been on the ship three weeks, I'm sure it were not four, Till there sprang a leak in the true-lover's ship And she sank to rise no more. 12. "A curse, a curse to all seamen, A curse forever more! They robbed me of my house carpenter That I never shall see any more."
	c "The House Carpenter." Recorded by Mrs. Henry from the singing of Mrs. Hiram Proctor, Cade's Cove, Blount County, Tennessee, August, 1928. Mrs. Proctor is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Harmon.
	1. "Well met, well met, my own true love; Well met, well met," said he. "I'm just returning from the old salt sea, Returning for to marry thee.
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