SINKINGOF THE REUBEN JAMES      What weretheir names tell me what were their names   Did you have a friend on the Good Reuben James      Have you heard of a ship called that good Reuben James   Stand by hard fighting men both of honor and fame   She flew the stars and stripes of the land of the free   But tonight she's in her grave at the bottom of the sea         (Nowtell me) What were their names tell me what were their names   Did you have a friend on the Good Reuben James   (Now tell me) What were their names tell me what were their names   Did you have a friend on the Good Reuben James         [banjo]         It wast here in the dark of that uncertain night   That we waited for U-boats and waited for that fight   Then a whine and a rock and the great explosion roared   And they laid that Reuben James on the cold ocean floor         (Nowtell me) What were their names tell me what were their names   Did you have a friend on the Good Reuben James         [guitar]         Now tonight there are lights in our country so bright   On the farms and the cities they're tellin' of that fight   And now our mighty battle ships will sail the bounding main   And remember the name of that Good Reuben James         (Nowtell me) What weretheir names tell me what were their names   Did you have a friend on the Good Reuben James   What were their names tell me what were their names   Did you have a friend on the Good Reuben James   (Now tell me) What were their names tell me what were their names   Did you have a friend on the Good Reuben James