On a Monday morning, just about nine o'clock, Great Godday began to reel and rock, Children screaming and crying, Guess I'm gonna die, Wasn't it sad when that great ship went down, Sad when that great ship went down, Husbands and wives, little children lost their lives, Wasn't it sad when that great ship went down, When that ship left England, making for the shore, The rich and their crowds would not rise that boat, Put that boat below, Lord, before she had to go, Wasn't it sad when that great ship went down, Sad when that great ship went down, Husbands and wives, children lost their lives, Wasn't it sad when that great ship went down, People on that ship, long way from home, Friends all around, they knew their time had come, Death come riding by, fifteen hundred had to die, Wasn't it sad when that great ship went down, Sad when that great ship went down, Husbands and wives, little children lost their lives, Wasn't it sad when that great ship went down, Before I leave that building, folks said it was true, Now they would build a ship, Lord, the water can't come through, But death come riding by, fifteen hundred had to die, Wasn't it sad when that great ship went down, Sad when that great ship went down, Husbands and wives, little children lost their lives, Wasn't it sad when that great ship went down, Wasn't it sad when that great ship went down, Wasn't it sad when that great ship went down,