Wasn't it sad when the great ship went down? Wasn't it sad when the great ship went down? Husbands and their wives, children lost their life Wasn't it sad when the great ship went down? When that ship first left England, New York it tried to come Iceberg struck the vessel, it could not make the run Jacobud Asker (sic) he went down, sixteen hundred of them was drowned Wasn't it sad when the great ship went down Wasn't it sad when the great ship went down? Wasn't it sad when the great ship went down? Husbands and their wives, children lost their life Wasn't it sad when the great ship went down? When Captain Workfield was a-building, he said what he would do He would build a ship, water couldn't break through God with power in his hand showed the world it could not stand Wasn't it sad when the great ship went down Wasn't it sad when the great ship went down? Wasn't it sad when the great ship went down?
Husbands and their wives, children lost their life Wasn't it sad when the great ship went daown? When old Paul was out a-sailin', had mens all around God spoke and told him, not a one should be drowned "If you trust me and obey, I will save yo all the way Wasn't it sad when the great ship went down? Wasn't it sad when the great ship went down? Wasn't it sad when the great ship went down? Husbands and their wives, children lost their life Wasn't it sad when the great ship went down? When that ship was leaving England, making for the shore The rich had declared they wouldn't ride with the poor So they put the poor below, they was first had to go Wasn't it sad when the great ship went down? Children, wasn't it sad when the great ship went down? Wasn't it sad when the great ship went down? Husbands and their wives, children lost their life Wasn't it sad when the great ship went down?