Sinking Of The Reuben James Lyrics

The song Sinking Of The Reuben James is performed by Woody Guthrie in the album named Deja Vu Retro Gold in the year 2006 .



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

Well, a hundred men went down in that dark watery grave
When that good ship went down only forty-four were saved
That was the last day of October we saved the forty-four
From the cold ocean waters and the cold icy 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



Woody Guthrie - Deja Vu Retro Gold

Oct 2006

  1. This Land Is Your Land
  2. Car Song
  3. Wreck Of The Old '97
  4. Hard Travelin'
  5. Vigilante Man
  6. Better World A-Comin'
  7. Oregon Trail
  8. Talking Columbia
  9. John Henry
  10. We Shall Be Free
  11. Will You Miss Me?
  12. Buffalo Skinners
  13. Gypsy Davy
  14. Pretty Boy Floyd
  15. Brown Eyes
  16. House Of The Rising Sun
  17. Little Black Train
  18. Who's Gonna Shoe Your Pretty Feet?
  19. Ramblin' Round
  20. Philadelphia Lawyer
  21. Hobo's Lullaby
  22. End Of The Line
  23. Jesus Christ
  24. Do-Re-Mi
  25. Sinking Of The Reuben James
  26. Tom Joad Blues- Pt. 1
  27. Tom Joad Blus- Pt. 2
  28. Great Dust Storm
  29. Talking Dust Bowl Blues
  30. Blowing Down The Road
  31. Dust Bowl Blues
  32. Sally Goodin'
  33. Baltimore To Washington
  34. Rubber Dolly
  35. Bed On The Floor
  36. Poor Boy
  37. Worried Man Blues
  38. Danville Girl
  39. Howdjadoo
  40. Ship In The Sky
  41. I Ain't Got No Home In This World Anymore
  42. So Long, It's Been Good To Know You
  43. 1913 Masacre
  44. Lublow Massacre
  45. Miner's Song
  46. When The Yanks Go Marching In
  47. Ranger's Command
  48. Whoopie Ti Yi Yo, Get Along Little Doggies
  49. Stewball
  50. Cowboy Waltz

Sinking Of The Reuben James