oh captain tell me true does my sailor sail with you no he does not sail with me he sleeps on the bottom of the sea what did the deep sea say tell me what did the deep sea say it moaned and groaned and it splashed and it foamed and it rolled on its weary way well he promised he d write to me but his promise he never kept true never a word from my sailor have i heard since he sailed on that ocean blue what did the deep sea say tell me what did the deep sea say it moaned and groaned and it splashed and it foamed and it rolled on its weary way a beautiful rose every day i placed on the crest of the waves said take it please and let the petals fall above his watery grave what did the deep sea say tell me what did the deep sea say it moaned and groaned and it splashed and it foamed and it rolled on its weary way