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SINKINGOF THE REUBEN JAMES |
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What weretheir names tell me what were their names |
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Did you have a friend on the Good Reuben James |
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Have you heard of a ship called that good Reuben James |
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Stand by hard fighting men both of honor and fame |
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She flew the stars and stripes of the land of the free |
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But tonight she's in her grave at the bottom of the sea |
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(Nowtell me) What were their names tell me what were their names |
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Did you have a friend on the Good Reuben James |
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(Now tell me) What were their names tell me what were their names |
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Did you have a friend on the Good Reuben James |
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[banjo] |
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It wast here in the dark of that uncertain night |
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That we waited for U-boats and waited for that fight |
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Then a whine and a rock and the great explosion roared |
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And they laid that Reuben James on the cold ocean floor |
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(Nowtell me) What were their names tell me what were their names |
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Did you have a friend on the Good Reuben James |
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[guitar] |
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Now tonight there are lights in our country so bright |
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On the farms and the cities they're tellin' of that fight |
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And now our mighty battle ships will sail the bounding main |
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And remember the name of that Good Reuben James |
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(Nowtell me) What weretheir names tell me what were their names |
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Did you have a friend on the Good Reuben James |
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What were their names tell me what were their names |
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Did you have a friend on the Good Reuben James |
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(Now tell me) What were their names tell me what were their names |
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Did you have a friend on the Good Reuben James |
