In nineteen twelve they built a ship
And Titanic was her name
Pure elegance and luxury
for travelers was her claim
Her maiden voyage it began
On April tenth that year
Those on the dock wished "Bon Voyage"
To friends and loved ones dear.

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They thought that they had made her
Just as safe as she could be
But the mighty ship Titanic
Disappeared into the sea.

They partied and they dined in style
And danced the whole night long
They thought this ship was built so well
That nothing could go wrong
They thought she was invincible
And so they had no fear
Although the giant icebergs now
Were drifting very near.

She hit the iceberg with such force
A tremor shook the ship
It took some time to realize
This would be her only trip
A hole came in the starboard side
Steel plates were buckled in
Against such odds the stalwart crew
Knew they could never win.

The Captain made decisions fast
"To the lifeboats" came the call
Kids and women will go first
Not room enough for all
As water filled the crippled ship
They could not fight the flow
And panic gripped the hearts of all
For some were trapped below.

An S.O.S. was quickly sent
They prayed it would be heard
And cries of anguish split the night
Like some great screeching bird
With wives and families in the boats
The men just watched them leave
For broken hearts and broken lives
Survivors soon would grieve.

There in the cruel Atlantic now
To a grave of muddy brown
In thirteen hundred feet of sea
This mighty ship went down
And fifteen hundred lives were lost
With a store of wealth untold
She lies there on the bottom
Of the sea so dark and cold.

A masterpiece was lost that night
A work of art so rare
She now weeps silent tears of rust
For the lives that ended there
Now April fifteenth, nineteen-twelve
Will live in memory
The mighty ship Titanic
Wrote her name in history.

By Faye Herridge & Michael T. Wall