Reuben James letra

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.

CHORUS:
Tell me what were their names, tell me what were their names,
Did you have a friend on the good Reuben James?

One hundred men were drowned in that dark watery grave
When that good ship went down only forty-four were saved.
'Twas the last day of October we saved the forty-four
From the cold icy waters off that cold Iceland shore.

It was there in the dark of that uncertain night
That we watched for the U-boats and waited for a fight.
Then a whine and a rock and a great explosion roared
And they laid the Reuben James on that cold ocean floor.

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.

Almanac Singers - Letras

• All I Want (I Don't Want Your MIllions, Mister)
• Away, Rio
• Babe O'Mine
• Ballad Of October 16th
• Belt Line Girl
• Billy Boy
• Blow The Man Down
• Blow Ye Winds, Heigh Ho
• Boomtown Bill
• C From Conscription
• Dear Mr. President
• Deliver The Goods
• Get Thee Behind Me
• Greenland Fishing
• Ground Hog
• Hard, Ain't It Hard
• Haul Away, Joe!
• House Of The Rising Sun
• I Ride An Old Paint
• I'm On My Way
• Jim Crow
• Keep That Oil A-Rollin
• Liza Jane
• On The Road To Tokio
• Plow Under
• Quinto Regimiento
• Reuben James
• Round And Round Hitler's Grave
• Side By Side
• Song For Bridges
• Talking Union
• Tehran And Roosevelt
• The Coast Of High Barbary
• The Dodger Song
• The State Of Arkansas
• The Strange Death Of John Doe
• Uaw-CIO