Song: The Ship That Never Returned - Sara, Maybelle Carter

On a summer day when the waves were rippled
By a soft and gentle breeze
A ship set sail with her cargo laden
For a port beyond the seas

There were fond farewells, there were loving signals
While here port was yet designed,
Though they knew it not, 'twas a solemn party
For the ship, she never returned,

*Did she ever riturned?
No, she never returned,
Her fate is yet unlearned
So for years and years there were fond ones watching
For the ship that never returned

Said a feeble lad to his anxious mother,
I must cross the wide, wide sea
For they say perhaps in a foriegn climate
There is health and strength for me

With a gleam or hope through a maze of danger
For her heart, for her youngest yearned,
Yet she sent him forth with her smiles and blessings
On the ship that never returned

Only one more trip said the gallant seaman
To his sweet and loving wife,
Only one more bag of golden treasure
Will last us all through life

Then I'll spend my days near our cozy cottage
And enjoy the rest i've earned
But alas, poor man, he sailed commander
Of the ship that never returned