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What Does the Deep Sea Say

Source Recording: Bill Monroe and Doc Watson (1975)

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Key C Time 4/4

Verse × 6

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G / C /

G / /G /

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G / /G /

F / /F /

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G / C /

Chorus × 6

Song Details

Also Known As

Where Is My Sailor Boy

Songwriter

Traditional

First Release

Vernon Dalhart (1929)

Further reading

Secondhand Songs

Genres

Traditional Old-Time Traditional Bluegrass

Themes

Death and Mourning Lost Love Rivers, Seas & Oceans

Jam Popularity

Source Recording

Artist

Bill Monroe and Doc Watson

Album

Bill and Doc Sing Country Songs (1975)

Key C Time Boom-Chuck Tempo 148 BPM Length 3:31

Musicians

Doc Watson — Lead Vocals, Guitar
Bill Monroe — Backup Vocals, Mandolin

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Musicians

Doc Watson

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Riding That Midnight Train (1986) Bluegrass Discography

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The Kruger Brothers

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Behind the Barn (1995) Discogs

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Musicians

Tim O'Brien

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Two Journeys (2001) Bluegrass Discography

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