This was the first song about shipwrecks in our concert "Songs of the Sea" at South Yarra Senior Centre in Fawkner Park.

The song appeared in various forms a few years after the Titanic sank after hitting an iceberg on April 15, 1912.

Lyrics and chords:
.............. D ...................... G .................................. D
Oh, they built the ship Titanic to sail the ocean blue
....................................................................... E7 ............................... A7
And they thought they had a ship that the water would never go thru’
.............. D .................................................. G ...................... D
But the Lord’s almighty hand knew that ship would never land.
...................................... A7 ................... D
It was sad when that great ship went down.

Chorus:
............. G .................................... D
It was sad. (It was sad.) It was sad. (It was sad.)
................................................................... A7
It was sad when that great ship went down (to the bottom of the)
D ...................... D7 ............... G
Husbands and wives, little children lost their lives.
............ D ..................... A7 .................... D
It was sad when that great ship went down.

Oh, they sailed out from England and were not far from the shore,
When the rich refused to associate with the poor,
So they put them down below, where they were the first to go.
It was sad when that great ship went down.

The boat was full of water and the sides about to burst,
When the captain shouted, “Women and children first!”
Oh, the captain tried to wire, but the lines were all on fire.
It was sad when that great ship went down.

Oh, they swung the lifeboats out o’er the deep and raging sea,
And 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 that great ship went down.

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