# # #THE SINKING OF THE REUBEN JAMES # #Recorded by Johnny Horton #Words and music by Woody Guthrie # #INTRO: good Reuben James? It was there 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 a great explosion roared And they laid the Reuben James on that cold ocean floor. CHORUS 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 battleships wi (chordiearchive.chordie.com)