"Sailor on the Deep Blue Sea" was recorded by the Carter Family on May 10, 1928. It was recorded from Gladys McCarty by Vance Randolph at Farmington, Arkansas in December 1941. It was also recorded by The New Lost City Ramblers, Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs and The Foggy Mountain Boys and Maybelle Carter (solo). Other songs sung by the Carter Family in this collection are: The Cannonball Gold Watch and Chain The Storms Are On the Ocean