[Verse 1]

Oh I met, we've met, my one true love

"Oh I met, we’ve met", said he

"I have just returned from the dark and lonely sea

And it's all for the love of thee"

[Verse 2]

I could have married the King's daughter fair

She would have married me

Oh but now I’ve forsaken the crown of gold

But it's all for the love of thee

[Verse 3]

No, I cannae come in, and I cannae sit down

I have but a moment's time

And they say that you're married to a house carpenter

And your heart it will never be mine

[Verse 4]

"Will you come with me, my one true love?

Oh come with me", said he

"And I'll take you to where the sky is never grey

And the shores of old Amerikay" (Yeah man)

[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 5]

Oh they jumped on a big white steed

And the dress that she wore, it was grey

And they rode until the banks of the sea

They asked for the break of day

[Verse 6]

Oh they had not been on the ship two weeks

I'm sure it was not three

Until his one true love began to weep and to mourn

And she cried oh so bitterly

[Verse 7]

"Oh, is it for my silver you weep?

Is it for my gold?

Or is it for the sake of the house carpenter

Whose face you'll never see no more?"

[Verse 8]

"It's neither for your silver I weep

It’s neither for your gold

But it’s all for the sake of my bonnie wee babe

Whose face I'll never see no more" (Woo-hoo, yeah man)

[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 9]

Oh a curse, a curse to the sailor she cried

A curse, a curse, said she

"And you robbed me of my house carpenter

Whose face I’ll never see no more"

[Verse 10]

Oh 'tis that I see my false true love

In the water that shines so fair

"That's the gates to Hell", said her false true love

"And the devil is a-waiting for you there"

[Verse 11]

Oh they had not been on the ship three weeks

I'm sure it was not four

Until they sprang a leak in the bottom of the ship

And it sunk for to rise no more (Oh no! Yeah man)