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'{{Infobox Standard |title=The Titanic |comment= |image= |image_size= |caption= |writer= |composer= |lyricist= |published= |written= |language=English |form= |original_artist=William and Versey Smith 1927 |recorded_by= |performed_by= |Misc=Laws D 24}} "'''The Titanic'''" (also known as "'''It Was Sad When That Great Ship Went Down'''" and "'''Titanic (Husbands and Wives)'''") is a [[Folk music|folk song]] and children's [[song]] most known for being sung in the United States at [[summer camp]]. "The Titanic" is about the sinking of the [[RMS Titanic]] which sank on April 15, 1912 after striking an iceberg. ==Background== There are several regional variations on the song. According to Newman I. White's 1928 book ''American Negro Folk-Songs'', "The Titanic" has been traced back to 1915 or 1916 in [[Hackleburg, Alabama]]. Other versions from around 1920 are documented in the Frank C. Brown Collection at [[Duke University]] in [[North Carolina]]. Early recordings include Ernest Stoneman's "The Titanic" (Okeh 40288) in September 1924 and William and Versey Smith's "When That Great Ship Went Down" in August 1927.{{Ref|basicinfo}}. According to Jeff Place, in his notes for the American Anthology of Folk Music: "African-American musicians, in particular, found it noteworthy and ironic that company policies had kept Blacks from the doomed ship; the sinking was also attributed by some to divine retribution." i suck dick ==Recordings== * William and Versey Smith on ''[[Anthology of American Folk Music]]'', [[Smithsonian Folkways]] 1952 * [[Lead Belly]] on ''The Titanic'' (Volume 4) * [[Bessie Jones]] on ''The [[Alan Lomax]] Collection Sampler'' [[Rounder Records|Rounder]] 1997 * [[Washboard Jungle]] on ''The Wash Cycle'', Washboard Jungle Records, 1993 * [[Woody Guthrie]] on ''The Asch Recordings, Vol. 1: This Land Is Your Land'', [[Smithsonian Folkways]] 1999 ==References== *{{cite web | author=Habing, B. | title=The Great Titanic - American Folk Song | work=PotW.org | url=http://www.potw.org/archive/potw76a.html | accessdate=September 28, 2008 }} *{{cite web | author=Levang, Rex | title=It Was Sad When the Great Ship Went Down | work=Minnesota Public Radio | url=http://music.minnesota.publicradio.org/features/9901_titanic/index.shtml | accessdate=December 2, 2005 }} *{{cite book | author=White, Newman I. | title=American Negro Folk-Songs | publisher=Harvard University Press | year=1928 }} *Google: Titanic ==In popular culture== ''The Titanic'' was sung by Paul Newman and Brandon de Wilde's characters after a night out in the film ''Hud''. Traditionally, the [[University of California Marching Band]] sings Titanic during its march up to Memorial Stadium from Sproul Plaza on the Berkeley campus. ''The Great Ship Titanic'' is commonly sung at many Boy Scout Camps with numerous more hilarious verses added on. ==External links== *[http://www.fortunecity.com/tinpan/parton/2/titan7.html The Titanic (It Was Sad When That Great Ship Went Down)] – Lyrics. *[http://www.gargaro.com/Titanic/lyrics.html The Sinking Of The Titanic] – Music and lyrics. {{DEFAULTSORT:Titanic, The}} [[Category:American folk songs]] [[Category:Children's songs]] [[Category:RMS Titanic in popular culture]] [[Category:Lead Belly songs]]'