"Deep Blue Sea", also known as "Deep Blue Sea, Mama, Deep Blue Sea" seems to come from a combination of British ballad tradition and West Indian lyric traditions. Several of the verses, particularly the descriptions of the burial with the "silver spade" and the "Golden chain", are similar to those in "Stormalong" and the old ballad of "Cock Robin". It has been recorded by Pete Seeger, Odetta, the DeCormier Singers, Chad Mitchel and the Weavers. It was printed in Pete Seeger's American Favorite Ballads.