Most people are probably "celebrating" Tax Day right now, but I'm "celebrating" the day the Titanic sank. Excellent. Please see my previous post on my Titanic crushes to get an idea of just how creeptastic I am on this subject. (By the way, save this date for 2012 for my rocking and slightly disrespectful 100th anniversary party. I've been planning it since 1992!) Anyway, all holidays have songs that go along with them. Christmas has carols. Easter has "Peter Cottontail." Even 4th of July has that annoying "Proud to Be An American." Thus The Day The Titanic Actually Sank also has a song. Oh, and it's a doozy. You know you've got a good holiday song when you can combine history, family dynamics, and a loss of pants.
Oh, they built the ship Titanic
To sail the ocean blue,
And they thought they had a ship
That the water would never go through;
But the Lord's almighty hand,
Said that ship would never land.
It was sad when that great ship went down.
It was sad, It was sad,
It was sad when the great ship went down;
Husbands and wives, little children lost their lives,
It was sad when the great ship went down.
They were off for England
And not very far from shore,
When the rich refused
To associate with the poor;
So they sent them down below,
Where they'd be the first to go.
It was sad when that great ship went down.
It was sad, It was sad,
It was sad when the great ship went down;
Husbands and wives, little children lost their lives,
It was sad when the great ship went down.
The boat was about to sink,
And the sides about to burst,
When the captain shouted,
"All Women and children first!."
Oh, the captain tried to wire,
But the wire was on fire.
It was sad when the great ship went down.
It was sad, It was sad,
It was sad when the great ship went down;
Husbands and wives, little children lost their lives,
It was sad when the great ship went down.
Oh, they swung the lifeboats out
O'er the deep and ragin' sea,
When the band struck up with
"Nearer My God to Thee."
Little children wept and cried,
As the waves swept o'er the side.
It was sad when the great ship went down.
It was sad, It was sad,
It was sad when the great ship went down;
Uncles and aunts, little children lost their pants,
It was sad when the great ship went down.
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