Sinking of the Reuben James-Woody Guthrie

[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 [00:01.90]Have you heard of a ship [00:04.13]Called the good Reuben James [00:06.54] [00:08.34]Manned by hard fighting [00:10.28]Men both of honor and fame [00:13.15] [00:15.40]She flew the Stars and Stripes [00:17.26]Of the land of the free [00:20.04]But tonight she's in her [00:21.22]Grave at the bottom of the sea [00:24.17] [00:25.14]Tell me what were their names [00:27.30]Tell me what were their names [00:29.81]Did you have a friend on [00:31.70]The good Reuben James [00:34.36]What were their names tell me [00:36.37]What were their names [00:38.33]Did you have a friend [00:39.91]On the good Reuben James [00:43.12] [00:45.69]Well a hundred men went [00:47.01]Down in that dark watery grave [00:50.28] [00:51.83]When that good ship went [00:53.53]Down only forty-four were saved [00:56.60] [00:58.30]That was the last day of October [01:00.75]We saved the forty-four [01:03.66]From the cold ocean waters [01:05.73]And the cold icy shore [01:08.30] [01:08.90]Tell me what were their names [01:11.16]Tell me what were their names [01:13.67]Did you have a friend on the good Reuben James [01:18.09]What were their names tell me [01:20.18]What were their names [01:22.18]Did you have a friend on the good Reuben James [01:26.11] [01:33.49]It was there in the dark of [01:35.75]That uncertain night [01:37.66] [01:38.66]That we watched for the U-boats [01:41.16]And waited for a fight [01:42.93] [01:44.01]Then a whine and a rock and [01:46.39]A great explosion roared [01:48.53]And they laid the Reuben James [01:50.40]On that cold ocean floor [01:53.65]Tell me what were their names [01:55.82]Tell me what were their names [01:58.33]Did you have a friend on the good Reuben James [02:02.30] [02:03.77]What were their names tell me [02:05.79]What were their names [02:07.84]Did you have a friend on the good Reuben James [02:12.05] [02:14.94]Now tonight there are lights [02:16.92]In our country so bright [02:19.01] [02:20.22]In the farms and in the cities [02:22.47]They're telling of the fight [02:24.53] [02:25.88]Now our mighty battleships [02:27.84]Will steam the bounding main [02:29.58]And remember the name of [02:31.86]That good Reuben James [02:34.27] [02:36.06]Tell me what were their names [02:38.09]Tell me what were their names [02:40.63]Did you have a friend on the good Reuben James [02:44.93]What were their names tell me [02:47.01]What were their names [02:49.11]Did you have a friend on the good Reuben James