Bluegrass Messengers

I Have No One to Love Me- Ollie Gilbert (AR) 1971 Hunter

[From: The Max Hunter Folk Song collection Cat. #1162 (MFH #811). This is a cover of the Carter's version.

R. Matteson 2017]


"I Have No One to Love Me," As sung by Ollie Gilbert, Mountain View, Arkansas on July 27, 1971.

VERSE 1
It was one Sunday evenin'
Just about the hour of three
When my darlin' started to leave me
To sail on the deep blue sea

VERSE 2
He promised to write me a letter
He promised to write to me
An' I haven't heard from my darlin'
Who sailed on the deep blue sea

VERSE 3
My Mother, is dead an' buried
My Poppa, forsaken me
An' I have no one to love me
But the sailor on the deep blue sea

VERSE 4
O Captain, can you tell me
Can you tell me where he may be
O yes, my little maiden
He's drowned in the deep blue sea

VERSE 5
Farewell to friends an' relations
This the last you'll see of me
I'm going to end my troubles
By drownin' in the deep blue sea