traditional song

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lyrics:
the rich folks decided to take a trip
on the finest ship that was ever built.
the captain persuaded the people to think
that the titanic too safe to sink

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out on the o-o-o-ocean
the great wide o-o-o-ocean
the titanic, out on the ocean,
sinking down!

the ship left the harbor at a rapid speed,
carrying everything that people need.
she sailed six-hundred miles away,
met an iceberg in her way.

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the ship left the harbor, was running fast.
it was her first trip and her last.
way out on that ocean wide
an iceberg ripped her in the side.

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up comes bill from the bottom floor
said the water was running in the boiler door.
go back bill, and shut your mouth,
we got forty-eight pumps to keep the water out!

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up comes bill from the bottom floor
said the water was running in the boiler door.
go back bill, and shut your mouth,
we got forty-eight pumps to keep the water out!

just about then the captain looked around,
he saw the titanic was sinking down.
he gave orders to the men around:
"get your life-boats and let them down"

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the men standing around like heroes brave,
nothing but the women and the children to save;
the women and the children are wiping their eyes,
kissing their husbands and friends good-bye.

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on the fifteenth day of may nineteen-twelve,
the ship wrecked by an iceberg ocean dwell.
the people were thinking of jesus of nazarene,
while the band played "nearer my god to thee."

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