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THE TITANIC, by                    
First Line: The titanic left southampton
Last Line: All the women he tried to save
Subject(s): "astor, John Jacob (1864-1912);disasters;ships & Shipping;shipwrecks;titanic (ship);


The Titanic left Southampton
With all its sports and gang;
When they struck the iceberg,
I know their mind was changed.

Chorus

Many hearts surrendered to the shipwreck;
On the sea many hearts surrendered,
Crying, "Nearer, My God to Thee."

The fourteenth of April,
Nineteen hundred and twelve,
The ship wrecked by the iceberg
Went down forever to dwell.

The story of the shipwreck
Is most too sad to tell;
One thousand and six hundred
Went down forever to dwell.

Mothers told their daughters
On a pleasure trip they might go;
But since they struck the iceberg,
They haven't been seen any more.

A man, John Jacob Astor,
A man with pluck and brains,
When that great ship was going down,
All the women he tried to save.





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