Lyrics and translation Pete Seeger - The Titanic

The Titanic

It was on one Monday morning just about ono'clock
When that great ship Titanic began to reel and rock.

People began to scream and cry saying, Lord I'm a-goin to die
It was sad when that great ship went down.
It was sad, it was sad, it was sad when that great ship went down
Husbands and wives, little children lost their lives
It was sad when that great ship went down

When that ship left England it was making for the shore
The rich refused to associate with the poor
So they put the poor below; they were the first to go
It was sad when that great ship went down.
It was sad, it was sad, it was sad when that great ship went down
Husbands and wives, little children lost their lives
It was sad when that great ship went down

While they were building they said what they would do
We will build a ship that the water can't go through
But God with power in hand showed the world that it could not stand
was sad when that great ship went down.
It was sad, it was sad, it was sad when that great ship went down
Husbands and wives, little children lost their lives
It was sad when that great ship went down

Those people on that ship were a long ways from home
With friends all around they didn't know that the time had come
Death came riding by, sixteen hundred had to die
was sad when that great ship went down.
It was sad, it was sad, it was sad when that great ship went down
Husbands and wives, little children lost their lives
was sad when that great ship went down.
It was sad, it was sad, it was sad when that great ship went down
Husbands and wives, little children lost their lives
It was sad when that great ship went down

While Paul was sailing, his men all around
God told him that not a man should drown
If you trust in me and obey I will save you all today
was sad when that great ship went down.
It was sad, it was sad, it was sad when that great ship went down
Husbands and wives, little children lost their lives
It was sad when that great ship went down

You know it must have been awful with those people on the sea
They say that they were singing "Nearer My God to Thee"
While some were homeward bound sixteen hundred had to drown,
was sad when that great ship went down.
It was sad, it was sad, it was sad when that great ship went down
Husbands and wives, little children lost their lives
It was sad when that great ship went down

Le Titanic

C'était un lundi matin, vers une heure
Quand ce grand navire, le Titanic, a commencé à se balancer et à tanguer.

Les gens ont commencé à crier et à pleurer en disant : "Seigneur, je vais mourir"
C'était triste quand ce grand navire a coulé.
C'était triste, c'était triste, c'était triste quand ce grand navire a coulé
Maris et femmes, petits enfants ont perdu la vie
C'était triste quand ce grand navire a coulé

Quand ce navire a quitté l'Angleterre, il faisait route vers la côte
Les riches refusaient de s'associer aux pauvres
Alors ils ont mis les pauvres en bas ; ils ont été les premiers à partir
C'était triste quand ce grand navire a coulé.
C'était triste, c'était triste, c'était triste quand ce grand navire a coulé
Maris et femmes, petits enfants ont perdu la vie
C'était triste quand ce grand navire a coulé

Pendant qu'ils construisaient, ils ont dit ce qu'ils feraient
Nous construirons un navire que l'eau ne pourra pas traverser
Mais Dieu, avec le pouvoir en main, a montré au monde qu'il ne pouvait pas tenir debout
c'était triste quand ce grand navire a coulé.
C'était triste, c'était triste, c'était triste quand ce grand navire a coulé
Maris et femmes, petits enfants ont perdu la vie
C'était triste quand ce grand navire a coulé

Ces gens sur ce navire étaient loin de chez eux
Avec des amis tout autour, ils ne savaient pas que l'heure était venue
La mort est arrivée à cheval, seize cents ont dû mourir
c'était triste quand ce grand navire a coulé.
C'était triste, c'était triste, c'était triste quand ce grand navire a coulé
Maris et femmes, petits enfants ont perdu la vie
c'était triste quand ce grand navire a coulé.
C'était triste, c'était triste, c'était triste quand ce grand navire a coulé
Maris et femmes, petits enfants ont perdu la vie
C'était triste quand ce grand navire a coulé

Alors que Paul naviguait, ses hommes tout autour
Dieu lui a dit qu'aucun homme ne devrait se noyer
Si tu as confiance en moi et que tu obéis, je vous sauverai tous aujourd'hui
c'était triste quand ce grand navire a coulé.
C'était triste, c'était triste, c'était triste quand ce grand navire a coulé
Maris et femmes, petits enfants ont perdu la vie
C'était triste quand ce grand navire a coulé

Tu sais que ça a dû être horrible pour ces gens sur la mer
Ils disent qu'ils chantaient "Plus près de mon Dieu, à toi"
Alors que certains rentraient chez eux, seize cents ont dû se noyer,
c'était triste quand ce grand navire a coulé.
C'était triste, c'était triste, c'était triste quand ce grand navire a coulé
Maris et femmes, petits enfants ont perdu la vie
C'était triste quand ce grand navire a coulé