Lyrics The Sinking of the Reuben James - Pete Seeger
Have
you
heard
of
a
ship
called
the
good
Reuben
James
Manned
by
hard
fighting
men
both
of
honor
and
fame?
She
flew
the
Stars
and
Stripes
of
the
land
of
the
free
But
tonight
she's
in
her
grave
at
the
bottom
of
the
sea
Tell
me,
what
were
their
names,
tell
me,
what
were
their
names?
Did
you
have
a
friend
on
the
good
Reuben
James?
What
were
their
names,
tell
me,
what
were
their
names?
Did
you
have
a
friend
on
the
good
Reuben
James?
It
was
there
in
the
dark
of
that
uncertain
night
That
we
watched
for
the
U-boats
and
waited
for
the
fight
Then
a
whine
and
a
rock
and
a
great
explosion
roared
And
they
laid
the
Reuben
James
on
that
cold
ocean
floor
Tell
me,
what
were
their
names,
tell
me,
what
were
their
names?
Did
you
have
a
friend
on
the
good
Reuben
James?
What
were
their
names,
tell
me,
what
were
their
names?
Did
you
have
a
friend
on
the
good
Reuben
James?
Now,
tonight
there
are
lights
in
our
country
so
bright
In
the
farms
and
in
the
cities
they're
telling
of
the
fight
And
now
our
mighty
battleships
will
steam
the
bounding
main
And
remember
the
name
of
that
good
Reuben
James
Tell
me,
what
were
their
names,
tell
me,
what
were
their
names?
Did
you
have
a
friend
on
the
good
Reuben
James?
What
were
their
names,
tell
me,
what
were
their
names?
Did
you
have
a
friend
on
the
good
Reuben
James?
1 Wasn't That a Time (Concert Version)
2 Guantanamera (Live)
3 House of the Rising Sun
4 Frankie and Johnnie
5 Henry Martin
6 Fare You Well, Polly
7 Fare Thee Well (10,000 Miles)
8 I've Been Working on the Railroad
9 Silver Dagger
10 John Brown's Body
11 East Virginia
12 He Lies in the American Land
13 Wildwood Flower
14 Ox Driver's Song
15 All My Trials
16 We Shall Not Be Moved
17 Donna Donna
18 Frog Went A-Courting
19 John Riley
20 The Fox
21 El Preso Numero Nueve
22 Rake & Rambling Boy
23 Mary Hamilton
24 Little Moses
25 Jesse James
26 Barbara Allen
27 John Henry
28 Silkie
29 Casey Jones
30 Railroad Boy
31 Talking Union
32 Plaisir D'amour
33 Which Side Are You On?
34 Once I Knew a Pretty Girl
35 All I Want
36 Banks of the Ohio
37 Union Maid
38 Engine 143
39 Goodnight, Irene
40 Lonesome Road
41 The Bells of Rhymney
42 Pal of Mine
43 Wasn't That a Time? (Live)
44 The Cherry Tree Carol
45 We Shall Overcome (Live)
46 Wagoner's Lad
47 Guantanamera
48 Lily of the West
49 The Sinking of the Reuben James
50 Old Blue
51 Follow the Drinking Ground
52 The Trees They Do Grow High
53 What You Gonna Call Your Pretty Little Baby
54 Well May the World Go
55 O What a Beautiful City
56 Careless Love
57 Sail Away Ladies
58 One Grain Of Sand - Abiyoyo
59 Black Is the Colour
60 Sixteen Tons
61 The Banks of the Ohio
62 Rock Island Line
63 Lowlands
64 The Strange Death of John Doe
65 Don't Weep After Me
66 Song for Bridges
67 Kitty
68 So Soon the Morning
69 Careless Love
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