^GHave you^G heard of a ship called the ^Dgood Reuben ^GJames ^GManned by hard fighting men both of ^Dhonor and ^Gfame? ^GShe flew the Stars and Stripes of the ^Cland of the f^Gree ^GBut tonight she's in her grave at the ^Dbottom of the ^Gsea.

^GTell me what were their names, tell me ^Cwhat were their n^Amames, ^DDid you have a friend on the g^Cood Reuben J^Games? ^GWhat were their names, tell me, what ^Cwere their ^Amnames? ^DDid you have a friend on the ^Cgood Reuben ^GJames

^GWell, a ^Ghundred men went down in that ^Ddark watery ^Ggrave ^GWhen that good ship went down only ^Dforty-four were ^Gsaved. ^G'Twas the last day of October we s^Caved the forty-f^Gour ^GFrom the cold ocean waters and the ^Dcold icy ^Gshore.

^GTell me what were their names, tell me ^Cwhat were their n^Amames, ^DDid you have a friend on the g^Cood Reuben J^Games? ^GWhat were their names, tell me, what ^Cwere their ^Amnames? ^DDid you have a friend on the ^Cgood Reuben ^GJames

^GIt was t^Ghere in the dark of that ^Duncertain ^Gnight ^GThat we watched for the U-boats and ^Dwaited for a ^Gfight. ^GThen a whine and a rock and a g^Creat explosion ro^Gared ^GAnd they laid the Reuben James on that ^Dcold ocean ^Gfloor.

^GTell me what were their names, tell me ^Cwhat were their n^Amames, ^DDid you have a friend on the g^Cood Reuben J^Games? ^GWhat were their names, tell me, what ^Cwere their ^Amnames? ^DDid you have a friend on the ^Cgood Reuben ^GJames

^GNow toni^Gght there are li^Dghts in our country so b^Gright ^GIn the farms and in the cities they're t^Delling of the f^Gight. ^GAnd now our mighty battleships will s^Cteam the bounding ^Gmain ^GAnd remember the name of that g^Dood Reuben Ja^Gmes.

^GTell me what were their names, tell me ^Cwhat were their n^Amames, ^DDid you have a friend on the g^Cood Reuben J^Games? ^GWhat were their names, tell me, what ^Cwere their ^Amnames? ^DDid you have a friend on the ^Cgood Reuben ^GJames

Woody Guthrie - The sinking of the reuben james