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Title
The Sinking of the Titanic
Creator
Ernest V. Stoneman
Transcription
It was on Monday morning just about one o'clock,
That the great Titanic begin to reel and rock.
Then the people began to cry, saying, "Lord I'm a-going to die."
It was sad when that great ship went down.
It was sad when that great ship went down,
Husbands and wives, little children lost their lives.
It was sad when that great ship went down.
When they were building the Titanic, they said what they could do.
They were going to build a ship that no water could not go through,
But God with his mighty hand showed to the world it could not stand.
It was sad when that great ship went down.
It was sad when that great ship went down,
Husbands and wives, little children lost their lives.
It was sad when that great ship went down.
When they left Eng-a-land, they were making for the shore.
The rich they declared they would not ride with the poor.
So they sent the poor below, they were the first that had to go.
It was sad when that great ship went down.
It was sad when that great ship went down,
Husbands and wives, little children lost their lives.
It was sad when that great ship went down.
When the people on the ship were a long ways from home,
With friends all around them, didn't know their time had come,
For death came riding by, sixteen hundred had to die.
It was sad when that great ship went down.
It was sad when that great ship went down,
Husbands and wives, little children lost their lives.
It was sad when that great ship went down.
That the great Titanic begin to reel and rock.
Then the people began to cry, saying, "Lord I'm a-going to die."
It was sad when that great ship went down.
It was sad when that great ship went down,
Husbands and wives, little children lost their lives.
It was sad when that great ship went down.
When they were building the Titanic, they said what they could do.
They were going to build a ship that no water could not go through,
But God with his mighty hand showed to the world it could not stand.
It was sad when that great ship went down.
It was sad when that great ship went down,
Husbands and wives, little children lost their lives.
It was sad when that great ship went down.
When they left Eng-a-land, they were making for the shore.
The rich they declared they would not ride with the poor.
So they sent the poor below, they were the first that had to go.
It was sad when that great ship went down.
It was sad when that great ship went down,
Husbands and wives, little children lost their lives.
It was sad when that great ship went down.
When the people on the ship were a long ways from home,
With friends all around them, didn't know their time had come,
For death came riding by, sixteen hundred had to die.
It was sad when that great ship went down.
It was sad when that great ship went down,
Husbands and wives, little children lost their lives.
It was sad when that great ship went down.
Original Format
78" record
Duration
00:03:10