The Kingston Trio - Reuben james

Have you heard of the ship called the ^F#good Reuben ^BJames? Run by hard fighting men both of ^F#honour and of ^Bfame She flew the stars and stripes of the ^Eland of the ^Bfree But tonight she's in her grave at the ^F#bottom of the ^Bsea

^BOh, tell me, what were their names? Tell me, ^Ewhat were their names? Did ^F#you have a friend on the ^Bgood Reuben James? ^BTell me, what were their names? Tell me, ^Ewhat were their ^C#mnames? Did ^F#you have a friend on the ^Bgood Reuben James?

One hundred men went down to their ^F#dark and watery ^Bgraves When that good ship went down, only ^F#forty-four were ^Bsaved 'Twas the last day of October, they ^Esaved forty-^Bfour From the dark icy water of that ^F#cold Iceland ^Bshore

^BOh, tell me, what were their names? Tell me, ^Ewhat were their names? Did ^F#you have a friend on the ^Bgood Reuben James? ^BTell me, what were their names? Tell me, ^Ewhat were their ^C#mnames? Did ^F#you have a friend on the ^Bgood Reuben James?

It was there in the dark of that ^F#cold and watery ^Bnight They watched for the U-boats and they ^F#waited for a ^Bfight Then a whine and a rock and a ^Egreat explosion's ^Broar They lay the Reuben James on that ^F#cold ocean ^Bfloor

^BOh, tell me, what were their names? Tell me, ^Ewhat were their names? Did ^F#you have a friend on the ^Bgood Reuben James? ^BTell me, what were their names? Tell me, ^Ewhat were their ^C#mnames? Did ^F#you have a friend on the ^Bgood Reuben James?

Many years have passed since those ^F#brave men are ^Bgone Those cold, icy waters, they're ^F#still and they're ^Bcalm Many years have passed and ^Estill I wonder ^Bwhy The worst of men must fight and the ^F#best of men must ^Bdie

^BOh, tell me, what were their names? Tell me, ^Ewhat were their names? Did ^F#you have a friend on the ^Bgood Reuben James? ^BTell me, what were their names? Tell me, ^Ewhat were their ^C#mnames? Did ^F#you have a friend on the ^Bgood Reuben James?