Recorded by: Buddy Wasisname and the Other Fellers
Written by: Kevin Blackmore
Lyrics
If I had me sooners, I’d sooner have a schooner
When we block the dories up we’d sail away from motorboats
I’d spend the rest of my sailing days rolling on the deep
Rolling on the sea, boys,
Rolling on the deep blue sea.
And if I had me druthers, I’d rather have me brothers
The younger at the rigging and the elder at the wheel
And when we hoist our sails away we’d roll upon the deep
Roll upon the sea boys,
Roll along the deep blue sea.
And everything was my way, for I’ve no use for highways
Neptune’s breeze would blow us on as mermaids sweetly sing their songs
and as her stays and sheets go taut we’d sail upon the deep
Sail upon the sea boys
Sail upon the deep blue sea.
Alas I must be dreaming, from now on I’ll be steaming
What use is my old body all eighty years the good’s all gone
But many’s the day I spent of my youth, a sailing on the deep,
I’d sail upon the sea
With me brothers on the deep blue sea.
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