Reuben James-The Kingston Trio

[ti:Reuben James] [ar:The Kingston Trio] [al:The Collection 1958-1961] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.50]Reuben James - The Kingston Trio [00:09.74]Have you heard of the ship called the good Reuben James [00:14.35]Run by hard fighting men both of honor and of fame [00:18.54] [00:19.18]She flew the stars and stripes of the land of the free [00:23.08] [00:23.65]But tonight she's in her grave at the bottom of the sea [00:27.89]Oh tell me what were their names [00:30.40]Tell me what were their names [00:32.81]Did you have a friend on the good Reuben James [00:37.13]Oh tell me what were their names [00:39.45]Tell me what were their names [00:41.84]Did you have a friend on [00:44.44]The good Reuben James [00:45.78] [00:46.46]One hundred men went down to their dark and watery graves [00:50.17] [00:50.89]When that good ship went down only forty-four were saved [00:54.59] [00:55.17]'Twas the last day of october they saved forty-four from the dark [01:00.38]Icy water of that cold iceland shore [01:03.45]Oh tell me what were their names [01:05.91]Tell me what were their names [01:08.45]Did you have a friend on the good Reuben James [01:12.75]Oh tell me what were their names [01:15.05]Tell me what were their names [01:17.23]Did you have a friend on the good Reuben James [01:21.60] [01:23.06]It was there in the dark of that cold and watery night [01:26.99] [01:27.74]They watched for the u-boats and they waited for a fight [01:31.20] [01:31.95]Then a whine and a rock and a great explosion's roar [01:36.03] [01:36.59]They lay the Reuben Jameson that cold ocean floor [01:40.77]Oh tell me what were their names [01:43.12]Tell me what were their names [01:45.43]Did you have a friend on the good Reuben James [01:49.81]Oh tell me what were their names [01:52.14]Tell me what were their names [01:54.16] [01:54.73]Did you have a friend on the good Reuben James [01:58.60] [02:19.57]Many years have passed since those brave men are gone [02:22.98] [02:23.62]Those cold icy waters they're still and they're calm [02:27.72] [02:28.38]Many years have passed and still I wonder [02:31.82]Why the worst of men must fight and the best of men must die [02:36.68]Oh tell me what were their names [02:39.06]Tell me what were their names [02:41.03] [02:41.67]Did you have a friend on the good Reuben James [02:45.78]Oh tell me what were their names [02:48.24]Tell me what were their names [02:50.46]Did you have a friend on the good Reuben James [02:54.22]