Doc Watson – What Does The Deep Sea Say (Guitar)

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She stood on the beach alone  and gazed at the misty blue

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Saying, "Sea, as you hold him to your breast, does he mention my name to you?"

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Oh, where is my sailor boy?   Where is my sailor boy?

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He sleeps at the bottom of the deep blue sea and he can't come back to me.

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Oh, what does the deep sea say? What does the deep sea say?

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It moans, it groans, it splashes and it foams,

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And it rolls on its weary way

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Oh please tell me deep blue sea   is he sleeping peacefully

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For the winds from the north are blowing icy cold. Can you keep him warm for me?

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If only my grieving soul   some token of love could find

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If only the waves could show me where he sleeps then I'd leave this world behind.

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Oh, what does the deep sea say? What does the deep sea say?

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It moans, it groans, it splashes and it foams,

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And it rolls on its weary way.

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A beautiful rose one day   I placed on the crest of a wave

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And I said take it please and let it settle home above his watery grave.

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The driftwood I've watched in vain,  and my rose never came back again

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So waves take another message to my love tell him I'll meet him above.

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Oh, what does the deep sea say? What does the deep sea say?

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It guards and keeps my lover where he sleeps

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And it rolls on its weary way.