[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?