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+====== The Sinking Of The Reuben James ======
+by Woody Guthrie
+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.
+**Chorus:**
+//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.
+'Twas the last day of October we saved the forty-four
+From the cold ocean waters and the cold icy shore.
+[//chorus//]
+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.
+[//chorus//]
+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.
+[//chorus//]