The Sinking Of The Reuben James Lyrics

The song The Sinking Of The Reuben James is performed by Woody Guthrie in the album named My Dusty Road in the year 2009 .



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


The Sinking Of The Reuben James