The Storms Are On the Ocean - Carter Family

I’m going away to leave you, love

I’m going away for a while

But I’ll return to you some time

If I go 10,000 miles

The storms are on the ocean

The heavens may cease to be

This world may lose its motion, love

If I prove false to thee

Oh, who will dress your pretty little feet

Oh, who will glove your hand

Who will kiss your rosy red cheeks

When I’m in the far off land

The storms are on the ocean

The heavens may cease to be

This world may lose its motion, love

If I prove false to thee

Oh, papa will dress my pretty little feet

And mama will glove my hand

You can kiss my rosy red cheeks

When you return again

The storms are on the ocean

The heavens may cease to be

This world may lose its motion, love

If I prove false to thee

Oh, have you seen those lonesome doves

Flying from pine to pine

A-mourning for their own true loves

Just like I mourn for mine

The storms are on the ocean

The heavens may cease to be

This world may lose its motion, love

If I prove false to thee

I’ll never go back on the ocean, love

I’ll never go back on the sea

I’ll never go back on the blue-eyed girl

Till she goes back on me