I love me a good ship wreck song.
God moves on the waters
April the 14th day
God moves on the water,
Everybody had to run and pray
Titanic left Southampton
With all their sport and game
But when they struck that iceberg
I know their mind was changed
Their mothers told their daughters
On a pleasure trip they may go
But when they struck that iceberg
They haven't been seen anymore
One man, John Jacob Astor,
A man with pluck and brain
While this great ship was sinkin'
All the women he tried to save
He was warended (sic) by a freight boat
Captain Smith would not take heed
But instead of givin' a warnin'
He ran with greater speed
He kissed his wife a last time
When the boiler did explode
He helped her in the lifeboat
Sayin', 'I won't see you anymo''
The story of the shipwreck
Is almost too sad to tell
One thousand and six hundred
Went down forever to dwell
Well, the 14th day of April
It was in nineteen hundred and twelve
The ship had a wreck by the iceberg
It went down forever to dwell
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It was in nineteen hundred and twenty nine,
Run come see, run come see,
I remember that day very well
It was in nineteen hundred and twenty nine
Run come see, Jerusalem.
That day they were talkin' 'bout a storm on the islands
Run come see, run come see,
My God, it was a beautiful mornin'
Run come see, Jerusalem.
That day there were three ships leavin' out the harbor
Run come see, run come see,
It was the Ethel, the Myrtle and the Pretoria,
Run come see, Jerusalem.
These ships were bound for a neighboring island
Run come see, run come see,
With mothers and children on board
Run come see, Jerusalem.
Now when the Pretoria was out on the ocean,
Run come see, run come see,
Rocking from side to side
Yes, the Pretoria was out on the ocean,
Run come see, Jerusalem.
My God, when the first wave hit the Pretoria
Run come see, run come see,
The mothers grabbin hold unto the children
When the first wave hit the Pretoria
Run come see, Jerusalem.
My God, there were thirty-three souls in the water
Run come see, run come see,
They were swimming and praying to the good Lord
There were thirty-three souls in the water
Run come see, Jerusalem.
My God, now George Brown he was the captain
Run come see, run come see,
He shouted my children now come pray
He said, "Come now, witness your judgment"
Run come see, Jerusalem.
It was in nineteen hundred and twenty nine,
Run come see, run come see,
I remember that day very well
It was in nineteen hundred and twenty nine
Run come see, Jerusalem.
Second version, probably closer to the original:
It was nineteen hundred and twenty-nine (Run come see, run come see)
I remember that day pretty well
It was nineteen hundred and twenty-nine (Run come see Jerusalem)
There were three sail leavin' out the harbour (Run come see, run come see)
There was the Ethel and the Myrtle and the Pretoria
There were three sail leavin' out the harbour (Run come see Jerusalem)
There was the Ethel and the Myrtle and the Pretoria (Run come see, run come see)
My God what a beautiful morning
There was the Ethel and the Myrtle and the Pretoria (Run come see Jerusalem)
Well the Ethel was bound for Fresh Creek (Run come see, run come see)
With the mothers and the children on board
Well the Ethel was bound for Fresh Creek (Run come see Jerusalem)
Now the Myrtle was bound for Spanish Creek (Run come see, run come see)
My God what a beautiful morning
The Myrtle was bound for Spanish Creek (Run come see Jerusalem)
Pretoria was out on the ocean (Run come see, run come see)
She was dashin' from side to side
Pretoria was out on the ocean (Run come see Jerusalem)
Well a big storm built up in the northwest (Run come see, run come see)
The children come holdin' to their mothers
And a big storm built up in the northwest (Run come see Jerusalem)
Then the first sea hit the Pretoria (Run come see, run come see)
And the mothers came grabbin' for the children
And the first sea hit the Pretoria (Run come see Jerusalem)
That sail head down went to the bottom (Run come see, run come see)
The skipper came grabbin' for the tiller
That sail head down went to the bottom (Run come see Jerusalem)
There was thirty-three souls on the water (Run come see, run come see)
Just swimmin' and prayin' to Daniel, God
There was thirty-three souls on the water (Run come see Jerusalem)
Now George Brown he was the captain (Run come see, run come see)
He shouts, 'My children come pray'
George Brown he was the captain (Run come see Jerusalem)
Well come now witness your judgment (Run come see, run come see)
He shouts, 'My children come pray'
Well come now witness your judgment (Run come see Jerusalem)