Doc Watson - Midnight On The Stormy Deep lyrics

T'was midnight on the stormy deep My solitary watch I'd keep And think of her I'd left behind And ask if she'd be true and kind I never shall forget the day That I was forced to go away In silence there my head she'd rest And held me to her loving breast Oh Willy don't go back to sea There's other girls as good as me But none can love you true as I Pray don't go where the bullets fly The deep deep sea may us divide And I may be some other's bride But still my thoughts will oft times stray To be with thou so far away I never have proved false to thee The love I gave was true and kind But you have proved untrue to me I can no longer call thee mine So fare-thee-well I'd rather make My home upon some icy lake Where the southern sun refused to shine Then to trust a love so false as thine