Dance Band On The Titanic lyrics

Dance band on the Titanic
Sing `Nearer, my God, to Thee`
The iceberg`s on the starboard bow
Won`t you dance with me

Mama stood cryin` at the dockside
Sayin` `Please son, don`t take this trip`
I said `Mama, sweet Mama, don`t you worry none`
`Even God couldn`t sink this ship`

Well, the whistle blew and they turned the screws
It turned the water into foam
Destination sweet salvation
Goodbye home sweet home

I`m in the dance band on the Titanic
Sing `Nearer, my God, to Thee`
The iceberg`s on the starboard bow
Won`t you dance with me

There was a trombone and a saxophone
The bass and drums were cookin` up the bandstand
And I was strummin` in the middle with this dude on the fiddle
And we were three days out from land

And now the foghorn`s jammed and moanin`
Hear it groanin` through the misty night
I heard the lookout shout down `There`s icebergs around`
`But still everything`s all right`

Oh, the dance band on the Titanic
Sing `Nearer, my God, to Thee`
The iceberg`s on the starboard bow
Won`t you dance with me

They were burnin` all the flares for candles
In the banquet they were throwin` in first class
And we were blowin` waltzes in the barroom
When the universe went CRASH!

`There`s no way that this could happen`
I could hear the old captain curse
He ordered lifeboats away, that`s when I heard the chaplain say
`Women and children and chaplains first`

Well, they soon used up all of the lifeboats
But there were a lot of us left on board
I heard the drummer sayin` `Boys, just keep playin``
`Now we`re doin` this gig for the Lord`
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