The Sinking Of The Reuben James Lyrics

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 - My Dusty Road

Aug 2009

1. This Land Is Your Land
2. Going Down The Road (I Ain't Gonna Be Treated This Way)
3. Talking Sailor
4. Philadelphia Lawyer
5. Hard Travelin'
6. Jesus Christ
7. The Sinking Of The Reuben James
8. Pretty Boy Floyd
9. Grand Coulee Dam
10. Nine Hundred Miles
11. Going Down The Road (I Ain't Gonna Be Treated This Way)
12. My Daddy (Flies A Ship In The Sky)
13. Bad Repetation
14. Poor Boy
15. Worried Man Blues
16. A Picture From Life's Other Side
17. Buffalo Skinners
18. Hard Ain't It Hard
19. Stewball
20. Stackolee
21. Gypsy Davy
22. Little Darling Pal Of Mine
23. What Did The Deep Sea Say?
24. Chisholm Trail
25. Put My Little Shoes Away
26. Will You Miss Me When I'm Gone?
27. John Henry
28. I'm Gonna Join That One Big Union (You Gotta Go Down and Join the Union)
29. Hangnot, Slipnot
30. Gonna Roll The Union On
31. The Ludlow Massacre
32. Sally Don't You Grieve
33. Harriet Tubman's Ballad Part 1
34. Harriet Tubman's Ballad Part 2
35. Tear The Facists Down
36. When The Yanks Go Marching In
37. You Can Hear My Whistle Blow
38. Union Burying Ground
39. You Gotta Go Down And Join The Union
40. Train Breakdown
41. Do You Ever Think Of Me (Aka At My Window)
42. Guitar Rag
43. Square Dance Medley
44. Guitar Breakdown
45. Raincrow Bill
46. Ain't Nobody's Business
47. Stepstone
48. Ezekiel Saw The Wheel
49. Bile Them Cabbage Down
50. Danville Girl
51. Guitar Blues
52. Brown's Ferry Blues
53. More Pretty Girls Than One
54. Sonny's Flight