Sinking of the Titanic

©Ernest Stoneman

It was on one Monday morning, just about 1 o'clock
When the great Titanic began to reel and rock
Then the people began to cry saying Lord we're going to die
It was sad when that great ship went down.

When they heard the signal ring they were headed for the shore
The rich folks they declared they wouldn't ride with the poor
So they sent the poor below, they were cursed and had to go
It was sad when that great ship went down.

 It was sad when that great ship went down;
 It was sad when that great ship went down;
 There were husbands and wives, little children lost their lives,
It was sad when that great ship went down.

When they built the great Titanic they said what they could do
They said they'd build a ship that the water would not go through
But God with his mighty hand showed the world it could not stand
It was sad when that great ship went down.

When the people on the ship were a long way from home
With people all around them didn't know that time had come
But death came riding by, sixteen hundred had to die
It was sad when that great ship went down.

 It was sad etc etc

Alternative verses:

When Paul was out sailing with men all around
God in heaven on his throne said that man should not drown
If you trust him and obey he will save you all the day, It was sad ….

When that ship first left England, to New York it tried to come
Iceberg struck the vessel, could not make the run
Jake would ask if he went down, 1600 of them was drowned, It was sad …..

The boat was full of sin, and the sides about to burst
When the captain shouted, women and children first
The captain tried to wire, but the lines were all on fire, it was sad …..

They swung the lifeboats out over the deep and raging sea
When the band struck up with Nearer My God To Thee
Little children wept and cried as the waves swept over the side, it was sad ……