Deep Blue Sea- Gladys McCarty (AR) 1941 Randolph C
[Single stanza (only one given) from Ozark Folksongs by Vance Randolph c.1950. This stanza is also found in the Carter Family version.
R. Matteson 2017]
DEEP BLUE SEA - single stanza sung by Gladys McCarty of Farmington Arkansas, December 13, 1941, not found in Randolph, version A or B (first Carter Family stanza).
It was last Sunday evening
Just about the hour of three,
when my darling started for to leave me,
To sail on the deep blue sea.