Sinking of the Reuben James-Woody Guthrie

[ti:Sinking of the Reuben James] [ar:Woody Guthrie] [al:This Land Is Your Land] [by:] [offset:0] [00:02.27]Have you heard of a ship [00:04.48]Called the good Reuben James [00:07.08] [00:08.89]Manned by hard fighting men [00:11.14]Both of honor and fame [00:13.28] [00:15.75]She flew the Stars and Stripes [00:17.77]Of the land of the free [00:19.84] [00:20.47]Tonight she's in her grave [00:22.20]On the bottom of the sea [00:24.43] [00:25.29]Tell me what were their names [00:27.71]Tell me what were their names [00:29.48] [00:30.30]You have a friend [00:31.89]On the good Reuben James [00:34.64]What were their names [00:36.18]Tell me what were their names [00:38.14] [00:38.84]You have a friend [00:40.39]On the good Reuben James [00:43.49] [00:45.88]Well a hundred men went down [00:48.01]In that dark watery grave [00:50.71] [00:52.27]When that good ship went down [00:54.62]Only forty-four were saved [00:56.98] [00:58.87]Was the last day of October [01:01.05]We saved the forty-four [01:04.08]From the cold ocean waters [01:06.23]And the cold icy shore [01:08.72] [01:09.28]Tell me what were their names [01:11.44]Tell me what were their names [01:13.61] [01:14.14]You have a friend on the good Reuben James [01:17.92] [01:18.44]What were their names [01:19.96]Tell me what were their names [01:21.97] [01:22.53]You have a friend on the good Reuben James [01:27.51] [01:33.74]It was there in the dark [01:35.77]Of that uncertain night [01:38.08] [01:39.10]That we watched for the U-boats [01:41.54]And waited for a fight [01:43.38] [01:44.41]Then a whine and a rock [01:46.48]And a great explosion roared [01:48.64] [01:49.15]Laid the Reuben James [01:50.80]On that cold ocean floor [01:53.13] [01:54.00]Tell me what were their names [01:56.08]Tell me what were their names [01:58.61]You have a friend [02:00.28]On the good Reuben James [02:02.59] [02:04.14]What were their names [02:05.62]Tell me what were their names [02:07.69] [02:08.22]You have a friend [02:09.87]On the good Reuben James [02:12.93] [02:15.15]Now tonight there are lights [02:17.23]In our country so bright [02:19.29] [02:20.48]In the farms and in the cities [02:22.81]They're telling of the fight [02:24.74] [02:26.16]Now our mighty battleships [02:28.10]Will steam the bounding main [02:29.96]And remember the name of [02:32.18]That good Reuben James [02:34.36] [02:36.35]Tell me what were their names [02:38.35]Tell me what were their names [02:41.00]You have a friend [02:42.54]On the good Reuben James [02:45.24]What were their names [02:46.79]Tell me what were their names [02:49.38]You have a friend [02:51.00]On the good Reuben James [02:53.50]Sinking of the Reuben James - Woody Guthrie