Diver Boy Lyrics - The House Carpenter's Daughter - Natalie Merchant

Young Emily was fair lady bright 

She loved her diver boy 

Who sailed over the ocean 

To gather up some gold 

Seven long years returning 

His money for to show 

Hed been sailing over the main 

Down in the low land, low 

My father runs a big hotel 

Down by the river side 

You go there, go for to stay 

And I shall be your bride 

Meet me early morning 

Dont let my parents know 

You have been the diver boy 

Down in the low land, low 

Young Henry, taking a drink 

That night before he went to bed 

Not thinking of the danger 

That crowned all over his head 

Young Edward said to his father 

Lets take his money sure 

And send his body sinking fast 

Down in the low land, low 

Young Emily went to bed that night 

She dreamed an awful dream 

She dreamed she saw her true loves blood 

Go flowing down the stream 

Waking early morning 

To parents she did say 

Where could be that stranger boy 

Who came here for to stay? 

Oh father, youre a robber 

You robbed me of my wren 

Oh brother, you have murdered 

The one that I loved best 

The trees on yonder mountain 

Are bending to and fro 

They remind me of my diver boy 

Down in the low land, low