Sinking of the Reuben James-Woody Guthrie

[ti:Sinking Of The Reuben James] [ar:Woody Guthrie] [al:American Roots Music (Remastered)] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Sinking of the Reuben James - Woody Guthrie [00:02.37]Have you heard of a ship called the good Reuben James [00:07.11] [00:08.97]Manned by hard fighting men both of honor and fame [00:13.55] [00:15.97]She flew the Stars and Stripes of the land of the free [00:20.74]But she's in her grave at the bottom of the sea [00:24.51] [00:25.89]Tell me what were their names [00:28.01]Tell me what were their names [00:30.59]Did you have a friend on the good Reuben James [00:35.03]What were their names tell me [00:37.19]What were their names [00:38.75] [00:39.34]Did you have a friend on the good Reuben James [00:43.43] [00:46.49]Well a hundred men went down [00:48.54]In that dark watery grave [00:50.89] [00:52.89]When that good ship went down [00:55.00]Only forty-four were saved [00:57.60] [00:59.45]Was the last day of October [01:01.64]We saved the forty-four [01:03.92] [01:04.99]From the cold ocean waters and the cold icy shore [01:09.03] [01:10.18]It was there in the dark of [01:12.63]That uncertain night [01:14.32] [01:14.98]Did you have a friend on the good Reuben James [01:18.66] [01:19.26]What were their names tell me [01:21.25]What were their names [01:22.94] [01:23.47]Did you have a friend on the good Reuben James [01:28.05] [01:34.69]It was there in the dark of [01:36.87]That uncertain night [01:38.74] [01:39.99]That we watched for the U-boats [01:42.37]And waited for a fight [01:44.14] [01:45.49]Then a whine and a rock [01:47.60]And a great explosion roared [01:49.89]And they laid the Reuben James [01:51.80]On that cold ocean floor [01:54.36] [01:55.16]And what were their names tell me [01:57.67]What were their names [01:59.17] [01:59.88]Did you have a friend on the good Reuben James [02:03.90] [02:05.25]What were their names tell me [02:07.15]What were their names [02:08.78] [02:09.46]Did you have a friend on the good Reuben James [02:13.41] [02:16.52]Now tonight there are lights [02:18.36]In our country so bright [02:20.55] [02:21.86]In the farms and in the cities [02:24.06]They're telling of the fight [02:25.89] [02:27.65]And now our mighty battleships [02:29.28]Will steam the bounding main [02:31.21]And remember the name of that good Reuben James [02:35.72] [02:37.90]What were their names tell me [02:40.41]What were their names [02:42.33]Did you have a friend on the good Reuben James [02:46.18] [02:46.80]What were their names tell me [02:48.77]What were their names [02:50.17] [02:51.00]Did you have a friend on the good Reuben James