<emph>The Sinking of the Titanic:</emph> Electronic Edition. Performed by Ernest V. Stoneman and the Dixie Mountaineers Funding from the Institute for Museum and Library Services supported the electronic publication of this title. Text transcribed by Monique Prince Text encoded by Elizabeth S. Wright First edition, 2003 ca. 6K Academic Affairs Library, UNC-CH University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2003.

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 The Sinking of the Titanic Performed by Ernest Stoneman 1 p. Call number FC-1889 General Collection/Sound Recordings (#30001), (Southern Folklife Collection, Manuscripts Department, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)

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 Library of Congress Subject Headings English Ballads, English -- Texts. Ballads, English. Folk songs, English -- United States -- Texts. Folk songs, English -- United States. Shipwrecks -- Songs and music. Textile factories -- North Carolina -- Songs and music. Titanic (Steamship) 2005-02-21, Celine Noel and Wanda Gunther revised TEIHeader and created catalog record for the electronic edition. 2003-09-10, Elizabeth S. Wright finished TEI-conformant encoding and final proofing. 2003-08-21, Elizabeth S. Wright finished TEI/SGML encoding 2003-07-17, Monique Prince finished scanning the text. The Sinking of the Titanic It was on Monday morning just about one o'clock, That the great Titanic begin to reel and rock. Then the people began to cry, saying, “Lord I'm a-going to die.” It was sad when that great ship went down. It was sad when that great ship went down, Husbands and wives, little children lost their lives. It was sad when that great ship went down. When they were building the Titanic, they said what they could do. They were going to build a ship that no water could not go through, But God with his mighty hand showed to the world it could not stand. It was sad when that great ship went down. It was sad when that great ship went down, Husbands and wives, little children lost their lives. It was sad when that great ship went down. When they left Eng-a-land, they were making for the shore. The rich they declared they would not ride with the poor. So they sent the poor below, they were the first that had to go. It was sad when that great ship went down. It was sad when that great ship went down, Husbands and wives, little children lost their lives. It was sad when that great ship went down. When the people on the ship were a long ways from home, With friends all around them, didn't know their time had come, For death came riding by, sixteen hundred had to die. It was sad when that great ship went down. It was sad when that great ship went down, Husbands and wives, little children lost their lives. It was sad when that great ship went down.