When the Lusitania Went Down (1915)

(Charles McCaroon and Nat Vincent)

The nation is sad as can be,

A message came over the sea.

A thousand or more, who sailed from our shore,

Have gone to eternity.

The Statue of Liberty high,

 Must now have a tear in her eye.

I think it’s a shame; no one is to blame,

But all we can do is just sigh.

Some of us lost a true sweetheart,

Some of us lost a dear dad,

Some lost their mothers, sisters and brothers

Some lost the best friends they had.

It’s time they were stopping this warfare,

If women and children must cry.

Many brave hearts went to sleep in the deep,

When the Lusitania went down.

Oh, listen to all these good deeds.

When we feel like crossing the sea,

American ships that sail from our slips,

Are safer for you and me.

A Yankee can go anywhere

As long as Old Glory is there.

Although they were warned, the warning they scorned,

And now we must cry in despair.

(repeat third and fourth verses)