What Does the Deep Sea Say (Live) - Doc Watson

She stood on the beach alone

And gazed at the misty blue

Saying, "Sea, as you hold him to your breast,

does he mention my name to you?"

Oh, where is my sailor boy?

Where is my sailor boy?

He sleeps at the bottom of the deep blue sea

And he can't come back to me.

Oh, what does the deep sea say?

What does the deep sea say?

It moans, it groans,

It splashes and it foams,

And it rolls on its weary way.

Oh please tell me deep blue sea

Is he sleeping peacefully

For the winds from the North

Are blowing icy cold.

Can you keep him warm for me?

If only my grieving soul

Some token of love should find

If only the waves could show me where he sleeps

Then I'd leave this world behind.

Oh, what does the deep sea say?

What does the deep sea say?

It moans, it groans,

It crashes and it foams,

And it rolls on its weary way.

A beautiful rose one day

I placed on the crest of a wave

And I said take it please

And let it settle home

Upon his watery grave.

The driftwood I've watched in vain

And my rose never came back again

So waves take another

Message to my love

Tell him I'll meet him above.

Oh, what does the deep sea say?

What does the deep sea say?

It guards and keeps

My lover where he sleeps

And it rolls on its weary way.