Midnight On The Stormy Deep
Written and recorded by Bill Monroe

                      
Was midnight on the stormy deep
                       
My solitary watch I ke-ep
                           
And to think of her I left behind
                            
And asked if she'd be [bad word] and kind

                      
I never shall forget the day
                           
When I was forced to go aw-ay
                             
In silence there my head she'd rest
                          
And pressed me to her loving breast

                        
Oh Willie don't go back to sea
                                 
There's other girls as good as m-e
                            
But none can love you [bad word] as I
                             
Pray don't go where the bullets fly

                        
The deep deep sea may us divide
                              
And I may be some other's bri-de
                                   
But still my thoughts will sometimes stray
                       
To thee when thou art far away

                          
I never have proved false to thee
                                 
The heart I gave was [bad word] as th-ine
                            
But you have proved [bad word] to me
                       
I can no longer call thee mine

                            
Then fare thee well I'd rather make
                         
My home upon some icy la-ke
                               
Where the southern sun refuse to shine
                              
Than to [bad word] a love so false as thine