Midnight On The Stormy Deep
Written and recorded by Bill Monroe
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Was midnight on the stormy deep
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My solitary watch I ke-ep
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And to think of her I left behind
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And asked if she'd be true and kind
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I never shall forget the day
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When I was forced to go aw-ay
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In silence there my head she'd rest
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And pressed me to her loving breast
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Oh Willie don't go back to sea
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There's other girls as good as m-e
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But none can love you true as I
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Pray don't go where the bullets fly
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The deep deep sea may us divide
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And I may be some other's bri-de
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But still my thoughts will sometimes stray
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To thee when thou art far away
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I never have proved false to thee
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The heart I gave was true as th-ine
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But you have proved untrue to me
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I can no longer call thee mine
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Then fare thee well I'd rather make
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My home upon some icy la-ke
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Where the southern sun refuse to shine
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Than to trust a love so false as thine
