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Verse 1
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Have you heard of a ship called
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the good Reuben James
Manned by hard fighting men both
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of honor and fame?
She flew the Stars and Stripes
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of the land of the free
But tonight she's in her grave
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on the bottom of the sea
Verse 2
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Tell me what were their names,
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tell me what were their names
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Did you have a friend on
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the good Reuben James?
What were their names,
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tell me, what were their names?
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Did you have a friend on
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the good Reuben James
Verse 3
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Well, a hundred men went down
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in that dark watery grave
When that good ship went down
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only forty- four were saved
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That was the last day of October
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we saved the forty- four
From the cold ocean waters
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and the cold icy shore
Verse 4
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Tell me what were their names,
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tell me what were their names
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Did you have a friend on
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the good Reuben James?
What were their names,
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tell me, what were their names?
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Did you have a friend on the good
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Verse 5
It was there in the dark
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of that uncertain night
That we watched for the you-
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boats and waited for a fight
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Then a whine and a rock and a great
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explosion roared
And they laid the Reuben James on
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that cold ocean floor
Verse 6
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Tell me what were their names, tell me what
were their names
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Did you have a friend on
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the good Reuben James?
What were their names,
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tell me, what were their names?
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Did you have a friend on
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the good Reuben James
Verse 7
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Now tonight there are lights
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in our country so bright
In the farms and in the cities
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they're telling of the fight
And now our mighty battleships
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will steam the bounding main
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And remember the name of
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that good Reuben James
Verse 8
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Tell me what were their names,
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tell me what were their names
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Did you have a friend on the good
What were their names,
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tell me, what were their names?
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Did you have a friend on
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the good Reuben James
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