![Sinking of Reuben James - Woody Guthrie](https://cdn.muztext.com/i/3284752358603925347.jpg)
Date of issue: 11.12.2012
Record label: TPX
Song language: English
Sinking of Reuben James |
Have you heard of a ship called the good Reuben James |
Manned by hard fighting men both of honor and 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. |
Tell me what were their names, tell me what were their names, |
Did you have a friend on the good Reuben James? |
What were their names, tell me, what were their names? |
Did you have a friend on the good Reuben James |
Well, a hundred men went down in that dark watery grave |
When that good ship went down only forty-four were saved. |
'Twas the last day of October we saved the forty-four |
From the cold ocean waters and the cold icy shore. |
It was there in the dark of that uncertain night |
That we watched for the U-boats and waited for a fight. |
Then a whine and a rock and a great explosion roared |
And they laid the Reuben James on that cold ocean floor. |
Now tonight there are lights in our country so bright |
In the farms and in the cities they’re telling of the fight. |
And now our mighty battleships will steam the bounding main |
And remember the name of that good Reuben James. |
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