It was on one Monday morning, just about one o'clock
When the great Titanic began to reel and rock
Then the people began to cry, saying, "Lord, we're gonna die"
It was sad when that great ship went down

It was sad when that great ship went down
It was sad when that great ship went down
There were husbands and wives, little children lost their lives
It was sad when that great ship went down

When they built the great Titanic, they said what would they do
They said they'd build a ship that water could not go through
But God, with His mighty hand, showed the world that it could not stand
It was sad when that great ship went down

It was sad when that great ship went down
It was sad when that great ship went down
There were husbands and wives, little children lost their lives
It was sad when that great ship went down

When they heard the signal ring, they were headed for the shore
The rich folks, they declared, they wouldn't ride with the poor
So they sent the poor below, they was the first, then, had to go
It was sad when that great ship went down

It was sad when that great ship went down
It was sad when that great ship went down
There were husbands and wives, little children lost their lives
It was sad when that great ship went down
When the people in the ship were a long ways from home
With the people all around the, didn't know their time had come
But Death came riding by, sixteen hundred had to die
It was sad when that great ship went down

It was sad when that great ship went down
It was sad when that great ship went down
There were husbands and wives, little children lost their lives
It was sad when that great ship went down