[Verse 1]
I'm going away for to leave you, love
I'm going away for a while
But I'll return to you sometime
If I go ten thousand miles

[Chorus]
The storms are on the ocean
And the heavens may cease to be
This world may lose its motion, love
If I prove false to thee

[Verse 2]
Who will shoe your pretty little feet
And who will glove your hands
And who will kiss your sweet, sweet lips
When I'm in a far off land?

[Verse 3]
Papa will shoe my pretty little feet
And mama will glove my hand
And no one will kiss my sweet, sweet lips
Till you return again

[Chorus]
The storms are on the ocean
And the heavens may ceasе to be
This world may lose its motion, love
If I provе false to thee
[Verse 4: Doc Watson]
Oh, see that lonesome turtle dove
As he flies from pine to pine
Mourning for his own true love
Just the way I mourn for mine

[Verse 5: Doc Watson]
I won't go back on the ocean, love
I'll never go back to sea
I won't turn my back on my blue-eyed girl
Lest she goes back on me

[Chorus]
The storms are on the ocean
And the heavens may cease to be
This world may lose its motion, love
If I prove false to thee