A 1915 ship sinking
Words and Music by Charles Mc Carron & Nat Vincent
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- The nation is sad as can be
A message came over the sea
A thousand or more
Who sailed from our shore
Have gone to eternity
The Statue of Liberty high
Must now have a tear in her eye
I think it’s a shame
Someone is to blame
But all we can do is just sigh
Chorus
Some of us lost a true sweetheart
Some of us lost a dear dad
Some lost their mothers, sisters and brothers
Some lost the best friends they had
It’s time they were stopping this warfare
If women and children must drown
Many brave hearts went to sleep in the deep
When the Lusitania went down
- A lesson to all it should be
When we feel like crossing the sea
American ships, that sail from our slips
Are safer for you and me
A Yankee can go anywhere
As long as Old Glory is there
Altho’ they were warned
The warning they scorned
And now we must cry in despair
Sung here by Laurence Rubenstein: