- Oh, it was sad, so sad
- It was sad when the great ship went down
- To the bottom of the sea
- (Husbands and wives, little children lost their lives)
- It was sad when the great ship went down.
- Oh, they were not far from shore, when they heard a mighty
roar
- And the rich refused to associate with the poor
- So they put them down below, where they'd be the first
to go
- It was sad when the great ship went down.
Thanks to Alison Inglis, who sent me the third verse
to this song!
- It was the middle of the night when they hit the block
of ice
- And they all decided that it wasn't very nice
- To be stuck on a boat that wouldn't even float
- It was sad when the great ship went down
Thanks to Lisa Sykes, who sent me this extra verse!
- Mrs. Brown turned around just to see her husband drown
- As the great Titanic made a gurgling sound
- So she wraped herself in mink, just to see the great
ship sink
- It was sad when the great ship went down
They put the lifeboats out, on the wild and stormy sea,
- And the band struck up with Nearer My God to Thee
- Little children wept and cried, as the waves rolled o'er
the side
- It was sad when the great ship went down
The Captain stood on deck, with a teardrop in his eye
- As the last boat left, he waved them all goodbye
- He went down with the ship to the bottom of the sea
- It was sad when the great ship went down
Oh, the moral of this story, is very plain to see
- Always wear a life preserver, when you go off to sea
- For the good Lord raised his hand, said the ship would
never land
- It was sad when the great ship went down
Even more verses! Thanks to Jackie Quenneville for
this one:
- Oh, the Cal-i -forn-i -a not a dozen miles away
- Never heard the SOS cause the crew had hit the hay
- Poor husbands and wives, little children lost their lives
- It was sad when the great ship went down.
Thanks to Jennifer Howland for this verse:
- They built a sister ship which they named the Mary Lou
- And the top half was pink and the bottom half was blue
- And they christened her with beer, and she sank right
off the pier
- It was sad when the great ship went down
Here's the equivalent verse that I learned:
- Oh, they built another ship called the SS '92
- And they thought they had a ship that the water would
not go through
- But the christened it with beer and it sank right off
the pier
- It was sad when the great ship went down
Thanks to Debra Lesiuk for this alternate chorus:
Chorus:
- It was sad, so sad,
- It was sad when the great ship went down
- To the bottom of the sea
- (Husbands and wives little children lost their lives)
- It was sad when the great ship went down,
- Below , KERPLUNK, it sunk, like junk
- To the bottom of the sea CHUG CHUG CHUG!