Lonesome Low- Ingenthron (MO) 1897 Randolph D
[Fragment from Ozark Folksongs- Randolph comments: "Learned about forty-five years ago, in Taney County, Mo. He says he used to know many verses of the "Lonesome Low" song, but can recall only one stanza now."
R. Matteson 2014]
D. "Lonesome Low." Sung by Mr. Charles Ingenthron, Walnut Shade, Mo. Learned circa 1897, collected Sept. 6, 1941.
If it wasn't for the love that I have for your men,
I would do unto you as you've done unto them,
I would sink you in the low, of the lonesome Low,
I would sink You in the dark blue sea.