Sinking of the Reuben James

Have you heard of the ship called the good Reuben James?
Filled with hard fighting men, of honor and of 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? (Repeat chorus)

One hundred men went down to their dark watery grave
When that good ship went down only forty-four were saved.
'Twas the last day of October that they saved forty-four
From the cold icy water of the cold Iceland shore.

(Chorus)

It was there in the dark of that uncertain night
that they watched for the u-boat, and waited for the fight.
The fire and the rock and the great explosions roar
And they laid the Reuben James on the cold ocean floor.

(Chorus)

Well many years have passed since those brave men are gone
And those cold icy waters now are still and they are calm
Many years have passed but still I must wonder why
The worst of men must fight and the best of men must die.

(Chorus)

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