The Titanic
Lead Belly * Track #11 On Titanic Songs
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Album Titanic Songs
- #1The Ship That Never Returned
Vernon Dalhart
- #2Down With The Old Canoe
Dixon Brothers
- #3The Last Scene Of The Titanic
Frank Hutchison
- #4The Sinking Of The Titanic
George Reneau
- #5Titanic Blues
Virginia Liston
- #6God Moves On The Water
Blind Willie Johnson
- #7The Sinking of the Titanic
Vernon Dalhart
- #8
The Sinking Of The TitanicRichard Rabbit Brown
- #9The Wreck Of The Titanic
Vernon Dalhart
- #10Titanic Blues
Hi Henry Brown & Charley Jordan
- #11The Titanic
Lead Belly
- #12Sinking Of The Titanic
Blue Ridge Mountaineers
- #13
When That Great Ship Went DownWilliam & Versey Smith
- #14The Titanic
Ernest Stoneman
The Titanic by Lead Belly
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Leadbelly remarked in the 1940s that “The Titanic” was the first song he ever learned to play on a 12-string guitar, which was later to become his signature instrument. He first played it in 1912 when performing with Blind Lemon Jefferson (1897-1929) in and around Dallas, Texas. Leadbelly noted that...
The Titanic Lyrics
Captain Smith, when he got his load
Mighta heared him holl'in', All aboa'd
Cryin', Fare thee, Titanic, fare thee well
Jack Johnson wanted to ge on boa'd;
Captain Smith hollered, "I ain' haulin' no coal."
Cryin', Fare thee, Titanic, fare thee well
It was midnight on the sea
Band playin', "Nearer My God to Thee."
Cryin', Fare thee, Titanic, fare thee well
Had them lifeboats aroun'
Savin' the women, lettin' the men go down
Cryin', Fare thee, Titanic, fare thee well
When the women got out on land
Cryin', "Lawd, have mercy on my man."
Cryin', Fare thee, Titanic, fare thee well
Jack Johnson heard the mighty shock
Mighta seen the black rascal doin' the Eagle Rock
Cryin', Fare thee, Titanic, fare thee well
Black man oughta shout for joy
Never lost a girl or either a boy
Cryin', Fare thee, Titanic, fare thee well
Hope this helps you Mr. Seed
Consider it a "peace offering"
Your most humble servant - gargoyle