Tonart: A major
Verse 1
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Tell me, what were their names? Tell me,
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what were their names?
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Did you have a friend on 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
Verse 2
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It was there in the dark of
that uncertain night
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That we watched for the U- boat
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s and waited for the fight
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Then a whine and a rock and
a great explosion roar
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And they laid the Reuben James
on that cold ocean floor
Verse 3
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One hundred men were drowned
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in that dark watery grave
When that good ship went down,
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only forty four were saved
Twas the last day of October that
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we saved the forty four
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From the cold icy water off the
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cold Iceland shore.
Verse 4
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Now tonight there are lights in
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our country so
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In the farms and the cities they
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are telling of this fight.
Now our mighty battleships
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will steam the bounding main
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And remember the name of the
good Reuben James.
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Verse 5
Tell me, what were their names? Tell me,
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what were their names?
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Did you have a friend on the
What were their names,
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B
tell me what were their names?
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Did you have a friend on the
Verse 6
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Many years have passed since
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these brave men are gone
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Those cold icy waters now
Many years have passed
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but still I wonder why
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The worst of men must fight,
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and the best of men must die
Verse 7
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Tell me, what were their names? Tell me,
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what were their names?
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Did you have a friend on the
What were their names,
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B
tell me what were their names?
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Did you have a friend on
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