The Titanic (Black Dog Island 2017)
The story of the Titanic always fascinated me. I had this fast moving melody going on in A minor and along with my knowledge of this great ship and so I began writing some lyrics down. I had to check dates times etc in order to be able to deliver the story in the song. All my songs are short stories and this one was going to be no different. Bringing this song to life with an SOS signal was down to the quartet and again Peter Doherty as part of the quartet was able to bring the song to a different dimension once again. Backing vocals strengthened the song and so I was well please with the finish.
Lyrics:
KEY: [AM]
VERSE 1:
4TH FRET EM
STARTED 24/11/2015
ON THE 10TH DAY OF APRIL 1912 THE TITANIC FROM SOUTHAMPTON SAILED
ON HER MAIDEN VOYAGE ATLANTIC BOUND BY HARLAND AND WOLF SHE WAS MADE
EDWARD JOHN SMITH WAS THE CAPTAINS NAME AT BELFAST THE SHIP WAS UNVEILED
270 METRES LONG TO OCEAN AND INTO THE WAVES
TITANIC SAILED……. WHOOOO
SHE STOPPED OFF AT CHERBURG IN FRANCE ONTO COBH WITHIN THE HIGH TIDE
2,224 PASSENGER’S, NEW YORK SOON TO ARRIVE
LESS THAN 5 DAYS CRUISING AT SEA 400 MILE FROM THE COAST
AN ICEBERG SHATTERED HER STARBOARD BOW
TITANIC WAS LADEN AFLOAT
SHE WAS LADEN AFLOAT WHOOO
IN THE EARLY HOURS OF APRIL 15TH APPROACHING 2:20AM
ALL WOMEN AND CHILDREN WHERE BROUGHT UP ON DECK NO LIFEBOATS WERE LEFT FOR THE MEN.
BUT THE CRUEL SEA SHE BLEW A COLD BREEZE AND THE WAVES START WEARING HER DOWN
1,517 PASSENGERS ‘’LOST AS TITANIC WENT DOWN ‘’
TITANIC WENT DOWN WHOO
TODAY SHE REMAINS ON THE SEABED SPLIT IN TWO RIGHT DOWN TO HER HULL.
DISCOVERED IN 1985 HER ARTEFACTS LOST TO THE WORLD
THE MOST FAMOUS AND GREATEST OF SHIP EVER BUILT AND HER STORY IS STILL KEPT ALIVE
WITH MUSIC SONGS THEATRE AND PLAYS
THE TITANIC HER MEMORY SURVIVES
Her Memory Survives Whoo
