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It was on the ten[th] of April, on a sunny afternoon
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The Titanic left out Hamilton, each one as happy as bride and groom
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No one thought of danger, or what their fate may be
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Until a gruesome iceberg caused fifteen hundred to perish in the sea
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It was early Monday mornin', just about the break of day
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Captain Smith call for help from the Carpathia, and it was many miles away
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Everyone was calm and solemn, asked each other what the trouble may be
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Not thinking that death was lurking, there upon that Northern Sea
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The Carpathia received the wireless: "S.O.S. In distress
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Come at once, we are sinking. Make no delay and do your best
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Get your lifeboats all in readiness, 'cause we're going down very fast
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We have saved the women and the children, and try and hold out to the last"
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You know, at last they called all the passengers, told them to hurry to the deck
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Then they realized that the mighty Titanic was an awful fatal wreck
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They lowered the lifeboats, one by one, taking women, children from the store
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The poor men, they were left to care for themselves, but they sure played a hero's part
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You know, they stood out on that sinkin' deck, and they was all in great despair
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You know, accidents may happen most any time, and we know not when and where
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The music played as they went down, on that dark blue sea
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And you could hear the sound, that familiar hymn, singin' "Nearer My God To Thee"
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They say, "Nearer my God to Thee, Nearer my God to Thee
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Nearer my God to Thee, Nearer to Thee
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So, like a wanderer, As the sun goes down
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Darkness be over me," Just then the Titanic went down