[00:03.33]Have you heard of a ship called the good[00:05.55]Reuben James[00:08.88]Manned by hard fighting men both of honor and fame?[00:15.60]She flew the[00:16.41]Stars and[00:17.04]Stripes of the land of the free[00:20.22]But tonight she's in her grave at the bottom of the sea[00:25.35]Tell me what were their names, tell me what were their names[00:30.21]Did you have a friend on the good[00:32.67]Reuben James?[00:34.50]What were their names, tell me, what were their names?[00:38.58]Did you have a friend on the good[00:41.25]Reuben James[00:45.75]Well, a hundred men went down in that dark watery grave[00:52.08]When that good ship went down only forty-four were saved[00:58.65]That was the last day of[01:00.03]October we saved the forty-four[01:02.91]From the cold ocean waters and the cold icy shore[01:33.63]It was there in the dark of that uncertain night[01:38.91]That we watched for the[01:40.50]U-boats and waited for a fight[01:44.82]Then a whine and a rock and a great explosion roared[01:49.02]And they laid the[01:49.68]Reuben James on that cold ocean floor[02:15.06]Now tonight there are lights in our country so bright[02:20.43]In the farms and in the cities they're telling of the fight[02:26.13]And now our mighty battleships will steam the bounding main[02:29.97]And remember the name of that good[02:32.01]Reuben James