♪One night sad, one night bad, *** went downOne night sad, one night great, *** went downWell, husbands and wives and their children lost their livesOne night sad, one night great, *** went downWhen they was building the ship, they said what they could doThey would build a ship that water couldn't break throughGod with the power in his hand, showed the world it could not standOne night sad, one night great, *** went downOne night sad, one night great, *** went downOne night sad, one night great, *** went downWell, husbands and wives and their children lost their livesOne night sad, one night great, *** went downWell, the ship had just left England, it was making further shoreRich had declared they wouldn't ride with the poorThey put the poor below, they were the first ones had to goOne night sad, one night great, *** went downOne night sad, one night great, *** went downOne night sad, one night great, *** went downWell, husbands and wives and their children lost their livesOne night sad, one night great, *** went downYou know it must have been awful where those people on the seaSaid they were singing, near my God to theeThey were homeward bound, fifteen hundred had to drownOne night sad, one night great, *** went downOne night sad, one night great, *** went downOne night sad, one night great, *** went downWell, husbands and wives and their children lost their livesOne night sad, one night great, *** went down