Roy Acuff and the Smoky Mountain Boys- Titanic- 1955
[Verse 1]
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It was on one Monday morning
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About one o'clock
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When that great Titanic
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Began to reel and rock
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People began to scream and cry
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Saying, oh, Lord, we're going to die
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It was sad when that great ship went down
[Chorus 1]
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It was sad when that great ship went down
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It was sad when that great ship went down
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Husbands and their wives, little children lost their lives
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It was sad when that great ship went down
[Verse 2]
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When that great ship left England
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She was making for the shores
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When the rich declared
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They would not ride with the poor
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So they put the poor below
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And they were the first to go
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It was sad when that great ship went down
[Chorus 2]
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It was sad when that great ship went down
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It was sad when that great ship went down
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Husbands and their wives, little children lost their lives
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It was sad when that great ship went down
[Verse 3]
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When building that great ship
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They said what they would do
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They said that they could build a ship
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That water would not go through
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God with power in his hand
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Showed the world it could not stand
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It was sad when that great ship went down
[Chorus 3]
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It was sad when that great ship went down
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It was sad when that great ship went down
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Husbands and their wives, little children lost their lives
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It was sad when that great ship went down