Well met, well met, my own true love
你好啊，見到你真高興，我的真愛
Well met, well met, cried she
我也是，能再見到你真的太好了。她（他的愛人）哭著說
Ive just returned from the salt, salt sea
我剛剛從那泛著咸腥的海上歸來
And its all for the love of thee
只因我對你的愛從未改變
I could have married a Kings daughter there
在那遙遠的國度，我本可以和國王的女兒成親
She would have married me
她亦鍾情於我
But I have forsaken my Kings daughter there
但我放棄了這份殊榮
Its all for the love of thee
因為我愛的人是你
Well, if you could have married a Kings daughter there
哦，如果你本能娶到國王的女兒的話
Im sure youre the one to blame
你的歸來就是你的錯了
For I am married to a house carpenter
因為我已經嫁給了一名木匠
And Im sure hes a fine young man
他是一名很好的年輕人
Forsake, forsake your house carpenter
拋棄你的木匠吧
And come away with me
和我一起遠走高飛
Ill take you where the green grass grows
我要帶你去那綠草如茵的地方
On the shores of sunny Italy
去往意大利陽光燦爛的海岸
So up she picked her babies three
她挨個抱了抱她的三個孩子
And gave them kisses, one, two, three
親吻他們，一個，兩個，三個
Saying 'take good care of your daddy while Im gone
她說，照顧好你們的父親
And keep him good company.'
我離開的這段時間，別讓他孤單
They were sailin about two weeks
他們在海上航行了兩週
Im sure it was not three
還沒到第三週的時候
When the younger of the girls, she came on deck
女孩跑到甲板上
Sayin she wants company
說她需要陪伴
Are you weepin for your house and home?
你是為你的房子和家而哭泣麼
Is at where long to be
那是你想要停留一生的地方麼
Im not weepin for my house carpenter
我不是在為那木匠哭泣
Im weepin for my babies three.'
我是為我的孩子而哭
Oh what are those hills yonder, my love
哦，看那邊的山啊，吾愛
They look as white as snow
它們如雪般潔白
Those are the hill of heaven, my love
那是天堂之山，吾愛
You and Ill never know
我們永遠不會知曉它們的模樣
Oh what are those hills yonder, my love
哦，那邊是什麼山，吾愛
They look as dark as night
它們如夜一般漆黑
Those are the hills of hell-fire my love
那是地獄之山，吾愛
Where you and I will unite
是我們將要去往的所在
Oh twice around went the gallant ship
巨輪原地搖擺了兩圈
Im sure it was not three
沒錯，可以肯定不是三圈
When the ship all of a sudden, it sprung a leak
突然之間，船板漏水了
And it drifted to the bottom of the sea
那船，悠悠地沉到了深深的海底
the house carpenter