CHORUS: It was sad (so sad), it was sad (too bad)
It was sad when the great ship went down (to the bottom of the..)
Husbands and wives, little (itty-bitty) children lost their lives
It was sad when that great ship went down

Oh, they sailed from England, and were almost ashore
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 the great ship went down
CHORUS

Oh, the boat was full of din, and the sides about to burst
When the captain shouted "Women and children first!"
Then the captain tried to wire, but the wireless was on fire
It was sad when the great ship went down
CHORUS

So they swung the lifeboats out o'er the deep and briny sea
As the band struck up with "Near My God to Thee"
Little children wept and cried, as the waves swept, o'er the side
It was sad when the great ship went down
CHORUS