Ballad: The Ship Titanic

Oh, they built the ship Titanic,
And when they got through,
They said that there's a ship
That the water won't leak through.
But the Lord with his mighty hand
Said, "That ship will never stand."

It was sad, it was sad, it was sad, it was sad,
It was sad when that great ship went down.
Husbands and wives, little children lost their lives,
It was sad when the great ship went down.
(Chorus)

They had left the isle of England
And were headed for the shore,
And the rich they refused
To associate with the poor.
So they put them down below,
Where they were the first to go.
It was sad when that great ship went down.

Chorus.

Now ths ship began to settle,
And they all began to flee,
And the band it struck up
"Nearer My God to Thee."
So they passed the belts around,
And they all prepared to drown.
It was sad when that great ship went down.

Chorus.

The Ship Titanic, is a typical Negro street ballad, which described thte worst ship disaster of modern times.

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