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Well I once could have married the king's third sonAnd a fine young man was heBut now I'm married to a house carpenterAnd a noisy old man is he."(but) Will you forsake your house carpenterAnd a go along with a meI will take you to where the grass grows greenOn the bank of the river deep.""But will you have to maintain me a boundTo keep me at in slavery?""Well I have seven shipsThey will soon be at landAnd they at your command shall be."She took her two babes by the handAnd gave them kisses threeSaid, "Stay at home you darling little babes,Keep your father sweet company."Now she dressed herself in her very bestLike a high born lady was sheShe shivered and she shimmered and she proudly steppedAs they walked by the banks of the seaLetras de cancionesWell she hadn't been gone but a short, short timeUntil she wept for sor'"I would give all the gold in this round worldJust to see my babes once more."Well if you had all the gold and the silver tooThat ever did cross the seaYou never would be at land anymoreAnd your babes you will never more seeWell they hadn't been sailing but a short, short timeAbout two weeks three or fourWhen the ship sprang a leak and they were doomedAnd they were far away from the shore"I see bright hills of heaven my dearWhere angels come and goI see bright hills that tell my dearWhere you and I must go.""Well I wish I was back to my house carpenterI'm sure he would treat me wellBut here I am in the raging seaAnd my soul is bound for hell." From Letras Mania