Deep Blue Sea – Traditional. Recorded by The Weavers.

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Deep blue sea, baby, deep blue sea
Deep blue sea, baby, deep blue sea
Deep blue sea, baby, deep blue sea
It was Willy what got drownded
In the deep blue sea

Lower him down with a golden chain

Dig his grave with a silver spade

Wrap him up in a silken shroud

Golden sun bring him back to me

Other verses:

Storm's are comin', hear the wind blows free

"It was Willie walked up drownded from the Deep Blue Sea".

Captain Oh Captain did he sail with you

I hear his voice in the wind at night
I see his face in the pale moonlight
I hear his voice in the wind at night
Twas my Willie what got drownded in the deep blue sea

Guy Logsdon and Jeff Place - notes from the Folkways Pete Seeger box set: "The origin of this American folksong remains unknown; however, Pete speculated that, 'Like many an American song, this seems to have been built out of a fragment of an old English ballad or sea song.' Later, he indicated that he believed that it might have 'been influenced by or passed through West Indian musical idioms.' It is an easily remembered and sung song. Guthrie T. Meade believed that it was related to 'The Sailor Boy' (Laws K12)."

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