Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Sinking of Ruben James, artist - The Kingston Trio. Album song The Kingston Trio with Dave Guard, in the genre Музыка мира
Date of issue: 18.04.2014
Record label: Silverwolf
Song language: English
Sinking of Ruben James |
Have you heard of the ship called The Good Reuben James? |
Run by hard fighting men both of honor and of fame |
She flew the stars and stripes of the land of the free |
But tonight she’s in her grave at the bottom of the sea |
Oh, tell me, what were their names |
Tell me, what were their names? |
Did you have a friend on The Good Reuben James? |
Oh, tell me, what were their names |
Tell me, what were their names? |
Did you have a friend on? |
One hundred men went down to their dark and watery graves |
When that good ship went down, only forty-four were saved |
'Twas the last day of October, they saved forty-four from the dark |
Icy water of that cold Iceland shore |
Oh, tell me, what were their names |
Tell me, what were their names? |
Did you have a friend on The Good Reuben James? |
Oh, tell me, what were their names |
Tell me, what were their names? |
Did you have a friend on The Good Reuben James? |
They watched for the U-boats and they waited for a fight |
Then a whine and a rock and a great explosion’s roar |
They lay the Reuben James on that cold ocean floor |
Oh, tell me, what were their names |
Tell me, what were their names? |
Did you have a friend on The Good Reuben James? |
Oh, tell me, what were their names |
Tell me, what were their names? |
Did you have a friend on The Good Reuben James? |
Many years have passed since those brave men are gone |
Those cold, icy waters, they’re still and they’re calm |
Many years have passed and still I wonder |
Why the worst of men must fight and the best of men must die |
Oh, tell me, what were their names |
Tell me, what were their names? |
Did you have a friend on The Good Reuben James? |
Oh, tell me, what were their names |
Tell me, what were their names? |
Did you have a friend on The Good Reuben James? |