Johnny Horton Sinking Of The Reuben James Lyrics

Sinking Of The Reuben James Lyrics

What were their names tell me what were their names

Did you have a friend on the Good Reuben James

What were their names...



Have you heard of a ship called that good Reuben James

Stand by hard figting 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

What were their names...

[ banjo ]

It was there in the dark of that uncertain night

That we waited for your U-boats and waited for that fight

Then a whine and a rock and the great explosion roared

And they sank that Reuben James to the cold ocean floor

What were their names...

[ guitar ]

Now tonight there are lights in our country so bright

On the farms and the cities they're tellin' of that fight

And now our mighty battle ships will sail the bounding main

And remember the name of that Good Reauben James

What were their names...

What were their names...