I have no one to love me    (intro)

 

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1. It was on last Sunday evening just about the hour of three,

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    when my darling started to leave me, to sail on the deep blue sea.

 

+ instrumental = verse 1

 

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2. He promised to write a letter, he promised to write to me,

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    and I haven't heard from my darling, who sails on the deep blue sea.

 

+ instrumental = verse 2

 

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3. My mother is dead and buried, my papa’s forsaken me,

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    and I have no one to love me, but the sailor on the deep blue sea.

 

+ instrumental = verse 3

 

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4. "Oh, captain, can you tell me, can you tell me where he may be?"

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    "Oh yes, my little maiden, he’s drownded in the deep blue sea."

 

+ instrumental = verse 4

 

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5. Farewell to friends and relations, this is the last you'll see of me,

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    I'm going to end my troubles by drowning in the deep blue sea.

 

+ instrumental = verse 5

 

 Recorded 5/10/28 Camden, NJ

 

(orig. = capo 2nd)    (The Carter Family)