THE SINKING OF THE TITANIC

OR

"IT WAS SAD WHEN THE GREAT SHIP WENT DOWN"

WITH ADDITIONAL VERSES WRITTEN BY CDR ALPHONSUS J. FENNELLY, USNR

COMMON TIME (WHAT A SHOCK)

KEY OF "C" MAJOR (WHAT A SHOCK)

N.B.: The words of the lyric are ahead of the music by one quarter note.

I am giving you the chords, and the treble (the right hand). I use the symbol, " / ", for the bars enclosing the measures. Notes are indicated thus: 1/8 = 8, 1/16 = 16, dotted eighth = 8dot, etc.

/C                    /  C			            /  F	                 C	             /
/G8dot   G16   /   A8  G8  G8   E8    E4    D8  MC 8 /  D8  C8  C8    A8    C4    C8   D8   /
/Oh,      they    /  built the ship  Ti - tan -   ic,     to   /  sail the    O - cean blue. And they  /

/C				      / G7					              /
/    E8      G8   G8  G8 G4  G8dot  G16 /A16 A16  D8  D16  D16 E8    D4    G16dot G16 /
/ thought they had  a   ship   that     the / wat - er would nev - er  leak through. But      the  / 

/C		           G7	        / F		           Fm            /C	 G7	                      /
/ A8       G8  G8        E8   E4  D8    MC8/ D8 MC8  C8 A8 C4    C8 D8 /E8G8 E8 C8  D8F8  E8       D8/
/ Lord's Al- might - y  hand knew this   / ship would never stand. It was / sad  when that great ship went/

/C		               /F			  /C		         /
/2C     rest8   HC8 B8 Bf8  /A4   F4  A8  HC8 B8  A8  /G4    E4  G4   E8 F8  /         
/down.           Oh    it   was / sad, so  sad; oh     it    was / sad, so   sad. It    was/

/C			            /G7			             /C	           C7                         /
/G4  G8     G8  G8HC8 G8   E8    /D4    G8dot  A16  G8 F8  E8 D8      /G8     A4      G8  E4     D8    MC8 /
/sad when that great      ship went / down, to     the    bottom of   the ... - /Hus - bands and wives, lit  -  tle    /

/F		          Fm                 /C		       G7		      /C			   /
/D8   MC8 MC8  A8     C4   C8   D8  /E8G8  E8     MC8   D8F8  E8    D8   / 2C     rest2		   /
/chil-dren  lost   their  lives. It    was  / sad -  When the      great   ship went / down.		   /
/(LC4 -LG4-LLC4 on base)/

Oh, they were not far from land,

But they could not see the shore,

When the rich refused to associate with the poor.

So they put them down below,

Where they were the first to go;

It was sad when that great ship went down.

CHORUS:

Oh, it was sad. (Too bad.) Oh, it was sad. (Too bad.)

It was sad when that great ship went down, to the bottom of the ... .

Husbands and wives, little children lost their lives.

It was sad when that great ship went down.

Oh, the ship was full of sin,

And the sides about to burst,

When the Captain had to shout, " All the women and children first!"

Then "Sparks" tried to send a wire,

But the lines were all on fire;

It was sad when that great ship went down.

(CHORUS)

Oh, the crew was not afraid,

And they tried to lower the first boat,

But the waves and the list were cruel, and nary a boat would float;

So they all put on their lifebelts,

And prepared themselves to drown;

It was sad when that great ship went down.

(CHORUS)

NEW VERSE - WRITTEN BY CDR ALPHONSUS J. FENNELLY:

And the people all despaired; .

But the band was not dismayed,

And, no matter what happened, all through that night they played;

And when they reached that final hour,

They played with all the greater power.

It was sad when that great ship went down.

(CHORUS)

NEW VERSE WRITTEN BY CDR ALPHONSUS J. FENNELLY

The engineers, coalers, and sweepers,

Kept their posts, and faithfully obeyed,

The call on real men, that honor has always made;

And as the sea drowned them, one-by-one,

They did what work could still be done;

It was sad when that great ship went down.

(CHORUS)

YET ANOTHER NEW VERSE WRITTEN BY CDR ALPHONSUS J. FENNELLY

And though almost all of the rich

Behaved like they all had gone quite mad,

There were still some who avoided making themselves look bad.

Such as Astor, Straus, and Guggenheim,

Who gave others their live vests, just in time.

It was sad when that great ship went down.

(CHORUS)

NEW VERSE WRITTEN BY CDR ALPHONSUS J. FENNELLY

Mr. Ismay had caused it all,

But since he dressed in woman's clothes,

He got a lifeboat seat, skulking in his pose;

But The Lord's justice showed God's hand,

So Ismay was 'ever ostracized on land.

It was sad when that great ship went down

(CHORUS)

NEW VERSE WRITTEN BY CDR ALPHONSUS J. FENNELLY:

The Californian heard their call.

But her Captain would not turn away;

From the chance that he had to set a new shipping record that day;

So he went steaming right on through ... ,

Ignoring Titanic's passengers and crew.

It was sad when that great ship when down

(CHORUS)

Oh the Captain was afraid,

And was just about to flee,

When the band struck up with "A-Nearer My God to Thee."

Then they all went down in brine;

Pity all the folks they left behind;

It was sad when they great ship went down.