[00:01.90]Have you heard of a ship called the good Reuben James
[00:08.34]Manned by hard fighting men both of honor and fame
[00:15.75]She flew the Stars and Stripes of the land of the free
[00:20.40]But tonight she's in her grave at the bottom of the sea
[00:25.48]Tell me what were their names, tell me what were their names
[00:30.34]You have a friend on the good Reuben James?
[00:34.67]What were their names, tell me, what were their names?
[00:38.91]You have a friend on the good Reuben James?
[00:46.14]Well, a hundred men went down in that dark watery grave
[00:52.58]When that good ship went down only forty-four were saved
[00:59.12]Was the last day of October we saved the forty-four
[01:04.29]From the cold ocean waters and cold icy shore
[01:09.79]Tell me what were their names, tell me what were their names
[01:14.31]You have a friend on the good Reuben James?
[01:18.90]What were their names, tell me, what were their names?
[01:22.93]You have a friend on the good Reuben James?
[01:34.38]It was there in the dark of that uncertain night
[01:39.65]That we watched for the U-boats and waited for a fight
[01:45.14]Then a whine and a rock and a great explosion roared
[01:50.01]Laid the Reuben James on that cold ocean floor
[01:54.78]Tell me what were their names, tell me what were their names
[01:59.31]You have a friend on the good Reuben James?
[02:04.91]What were their names, tell me, what were their names?
[02:08.99]You have a friend on the good Reuben James?
[02:16.15]And tonight there are lights in our country so bright
[02:21.46]In the farms and in the cities they're telling of the fight
[02:27.28]Now our mighty battleships will steam the bounding main
[02:30.98]And remember the name of that good Reuben James
[02:37.47]Tell me what were their names, tell me what were their names
[02:42.00]You have a friend on the good Reuben James?
[02:46.31]What were their names, tell me, what were their names?
[02:50.49]You have a friend on the good Reuben James?

Have you heard of a ship called the good Reuben James
Manned by hard fighting men both of honor and fame
She flew the Stars and Stripes of the land of the free
But tonight she's in her grave at the bottom of the sea
Tell me what were their names, tell me what were their names
You have a friend on the good Reuben James?
What were their names, tell me, what were their names?
You have a friend on the good Reuben James?
Well, a hundred men went down in that dark watery grave
When that good ship went down only forty-four were saved
Was the last day of October we saved the forty-four
From the cold ocean waters and cold icy shore
Tell me what were their names, tell me what were their names
You have a friend on the good Reuben James?
What were their names, tell me, what were their names?
You have a friend on the good Reuben James?
It was there in the dark of that uncertain night
That we watched for the U-boats and waited for a fight
Then a whine and a rock and a great explosion roared
Laid the Reuben James on that cold ocean floor
Tell me what were their names, tell me what were their names
You have a friend on the good Reuben James?
What were their names, tell me, what were their names?
You have a friend on the good Reuben James?
And tonight there are lights in our country so bright
In the farms and in the cities they're telling of the fight
Now our mighty battleships will steam the bounding main
And remember the name of that good Reuben James
Tell me what were their names, tell me what were their names
You have a friend on the good Reuben James?
What were their names, tell me, what were their names?
You have a friend on the good Reuben James?