Unreleased Songs

The Carter Family III Unreleased Songs Lyrics
1.Bury Me Beneath The Willow

Lyricist:A P Carter

My heart is sad and I am lonely
For the only one I love
When shall I see him, oh, no never
'Til we meet up in heaven above

Oh, bury me beneath the willow
Under the weeping willow tree
So he may know where I am sleeping
And perhaps he will weep for me

He told me that he dearly loved me
How could I believe it untrue?
Until the angel softly whispered
He will prove untrue to you

Oh, bury me beneath the willow
Under the weeping willow tree
So he may know where I am sleeping
And perhaps he will weep for me

Tomorrow was our wedding day
Oh, Lord, my God, where can he be?
He is out a-courting with another
And no longer cares for me

Oh, bury me beneath the willow
Under the weeping willow tree
So he may know where I am sleeping
And perhaps he will weep for me


2.Sea Of Galilee

Lyricist:Alvin Pleasant Carter

Am I a soldier of the cross
A follower of the lamb?
Or shall I fear to own His cause
Will I blush to speak His name?

On the sea
(The sea, the sea)
Of Galilee
(Of Galilee)
My Jesus, He's walking on the sea

On the sea
(The sea, the sea)
Of Galilee
(Of Galilee)
My Jesus, He's walking on the sea

Must I be carried to the skies
On some flowery bed of ease
While others fight to win the prize
Or sail through bloody seas?

On the sea
(The sea, the sea)
Of Galilee
(Of Galilee)
My Jesus, He's walking on the sea

On the sea
(The sea, the sea)
Of Galilee
(Of Galilee)
My Jesus, He's walking on the sea

There shall I bathe my weary soul
In some sea of heavenly rest
And not a thought of trouble will roll
Across my peaceful breast

On the sea
(The sea, the sea)
Of Galilee
(Of Galilee)
My Jesus, He's walking on the sea

On the sea
(The sea, the sea)
Of Galilee
(Of Galilee)
My Jesus, He's walking on the sea
My Jesus, He's walking on the sea


3.The Sun Of The Soul

Lyricist:Alvin P Carter, Maybelle Carter, Sara Carter

When the sun of your life has gone down
And the clouds in the west turn to gold
Endless death will to you then have come
If the light has gone out in your soul

Oh, just think how in death you would feel
With the light growing dim in your soul
Oh, how long it will be, oh, how still
If the light has gone out in your soul

When you've come to the end of the way
And life's story for you has been told
Oh, how sad all to you will appear
If the light has gone out in your soul

Oh, just think how in death you would feel
With the light growing dim in your soul
Oh, how long it will be, oh, how still
If the light has gone out in your soul

When the chilly winds of death around you steal
And the sweat upon your brow is damp and cold
What a dread in your life you would feel
If the light has gone out in your soul

Oh, just think how in death you would feel
With the light growing dim in your soul
Oh, how long it will be, oh, how still
If the light has gone out in your soul


4.I Never Will Marry

Lyricist:A.p. Carter

One morning as I rambled
Down by the seashore
The wind, it did whistle
And the waters did roar

I heard a fair damsel
Make a pitiful sound
It sounded so lonesome
In the waters around

I never will marry
Or be no man's wife
I expect to live single
All the days of my life

The shells in the ocean
Shall be my death bed
The fish in deep water
Swim over my head

She plunged her fair body
In the ocean so deep
She closed her pretty blue eyes
In the waters to sleep

My love's gone and left me
The one I adore
She's gone where I never
Will see her anymore

I never will marry
Or be no man's wife
I expect to live single
All the days of my life

The shells in the ocean
Shall be my death bed
The fish in deep water
Swim over my head