Sinking of the Rueben James-Woody Guthrie/Cisco Houston

[ti:Sinking of the Rueben James] [ar:Woody Guthrie] [al:American Icon] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Sinking of the Rueben James - Woody Guthrie/Cisco Houston [00:02.19]Have you heard of a ship [00:04.42]Called the good Reuben James [00:06.83] [00:08.63]Manned by hard fighting [00:10.58]Men both of honor and fame [00:13.45] [00:15.70]She flew the Stars and Stripes [00:17.56]Of the land of the free [00:20.34]But tonight she's in her [00:21.52]Grave at the bottom of the sea [00:24.46] [00:25.43]Tell me what were their names [00:27.60]Tell me what were their names [00:30.11]Did you have a friend on [00:32.00]The good Reuben James [00:34.66]What were their names tell me [00:36.67]What were their names [00:38.63]Did you have a friend [00:40.21]On the good Reuben James [00:43.42] [00:45.99]Well a hundred men went [00:47.31]Down in that dark watery grave [00:50.57] [00:52.12]When that good ship went [00:53.82]Down only forty-four were saved [00:56.89] [00:58.59]That was the last day of October [01:01.05]We saved the forty-four [01:03.96]From the cold ocean waters [01:06.03]And the cold icy shore [01:08.60] [01:09.20]Tell me what were their names [01:11.46]Tell me what were their names [01:13.97]Did you have a friend on the good Reuben James [01:18.39]What were their names tell me [01:20.48]What were their names [01:22.48]Did you have a friend on the good Reuben James [01:26.41] [01:33.78]It was there in the dark of [01:36.04]That uncertain night [01:37.96] [01:38.96]That we watched for the U-boats [01:41.46]And waited for a fight [01:43.23] [01:44.31]Then a whine and a rock and [01:46.69]A great explosion roared [01:48.83]And they laid the Reuben James [01:50.70]On that cold ocean floor [01:53.95]Tell me what were their names [01:56.12]Tell me what were their names [01:58.63]Did you have a friend on the good Reuben James [02:02.60] [02:04.07]What were their names tell me [02:06.09]What were their names [02:08.14]Did you have a friend on the good Reuben James [02:12.35] [02:15.24]Now tonight there are lights [02:17.22]In our country so bright [02:19.31] [02:20.52]In the farms and in the cities [02:22.77]They're telling of the fight [02:24.83] [02:26.18]Now our mighty battleships [02:28.13]Will steam the bounding main [02:29.87]And remember the name of [02:32.16]That good Reuben James [02:34.57] [02:36.36]Tell me what were their names [02:38.39]Tell me what were their names [02:40.93]Did you have a friend on the good Reuben James [02:45.23]What were their names tell me [02:47.31]What were their names [02:49.41]Did you have a friend on the good Reuben James