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Thread #77036   Message #1371784
Posted By: open mike
05-Jan-05 - 03:40 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: The Mighty Wave - tsunami disaster song
Subject: Lyr Add: THE TITANIC
it has occurrred to me that a song that depicts a famous sea tragedy
might be able to be adapted to the tsunami tragedy.
THE TITANIC (HUSBANDS AND WIVES)

Oh they built the ship Titanic
To sail the ocean blue
And they thought they had a ship
That the water would never go through;
But the Lord's Almighty hand
Said that ship would never land,
It was sad when that great ship went down

cho: It was sad. It was sad.
It was sad when the great ship went down.
(to the bottom of the...)
Husbands and wives,
Little children lost their lives
It was sad when the great ship went down.)

They were off for England
And not very far from shore
When the rich refused
To associate with the poor
So they sent them down below
Where they'd be the first to go
It was sad when that great ship went down

The boat was about to sink,
And the sides about to burst,
When the captain shouted, "All
Women and children first!"
Oh, the captain tried to wire,
But the wires was on fire,
It was sad when the great ship went down.

Oh, they swung the lifeboats out
O'er the deep and ragin' sea,
When the band struck up with,
"Nearer My God to Thee."
Little children wept and cried,
As the waves swept o'er the side,
It was sad when the great ship went down.

i am not sure quite how yet, but i am workinig on it...
it was sad when the great wave came up....(?)