Cat. #1140 (MFH #628) - As sung by Ollie Gilbert, Mountain View, Arkansas on July 15, 1970
VERSE 1
It was on a Monday morning about ten o'clock
Th great Titanic begin to reel an' rock
Th people begin to cry sayin' Lord we're goin' t' die
It was sad when that great ship went down
CHORUS:
It was sad when that great ship went down
It was sad when that great ship went down
There was husbands an' wives,
Little children lost their life
Sad when that great ship went down
VERSE 2
When they built th great Titanic they said what shall we do
We will build a ship that water won't go thru
But God with a mighty hand showed th world He couldn't stand
Sad when that great ship went down
VERSE 3
Th great Titanic went a sailin' ninety miles from th shore
Suddenly it struck iceberg an' it sunk forever more
But little did they think, they were goin' to die
It was sad when th great ship went down