Titanic

Titanic

Tom, Ellis, 25 March 1966, #52A

All the old folks say the fourth a May was a hell of a day.
I was in a little seaport town and the great Titanic was goin' down.
Now the sergeant and captain was havin' some words
when they hit that big iceberg.

Up come Shine from down below,
he said, "Captain, captain," say, "you don't know,"
say, "we got nine feet of water over the boiler-room floor."
And the captain said, "Go on back and start stackin' sacks,
we got nine water pumps to keep the water back."
Up come Shine from down below,
he said, "Captain, captain," says, "You don't know,"
we got forty feet of water over the boiler-room floor."
He said, "Go on back and start stackin' sacks,
we got nine water pumps to keep the water back."
Shine said, "Your shittin' is good and your shittin' is fine,"
say, "but there's one time you white folks ain't gonna shit on Shine."
Now a thousand millionaires was lookin' at him
when he jumped in the ocean and he begin to swim.
Rich man's daughter came up on deck
with her drawers around her knees and underskirt around her neck.
Like a noonday clock Shine stopped
and his eyes fell dead on that cock.
She says, "Shine, oh, Shine," says, "save me please,"
say, "I give you all the pussy that your eyes may see."
He said, "I know you got good pussy and that's true,
but there's some girls on land got good a pussy as you."
She said, "Shine, oh, Shine," say, "please save my life,"
say, "I'll make you a lawfully wedded wife."
He said, "Your shittin' is good and your shittin' is fine,
but first I got to save this black ass of mine."
Now was another fella by the name of Jim,
he jumped in the ocean and begin to swim.
Another girl ran up on deck
with her drawers around her knees and underskirt around her neck.
Like a noonday clock Jim stopped
and his eyes fell on that cock.
Now she had long black hair that hang from the crown of her head to the nape of her belly,
she had a twenty-pound pussy that shook like jelly.
Say, "Shine, oh, Shine," says, "save me please,
I'll give you everything that your eyes may see."
And before the last word could fall from her lip,
Jim climbed his black ass back up on that ship.
Up come a shark from the bottom of the sea,
said, "Look what godalmighty done sent to me."
Shine bowed his neck and showed his ass,
"Get out the way, let a big shark pass."
And after old shark seen that Shine had him beat,
he said, "Swim, black motherfucker, 'cause I don't like black meat."
About four-thirty when the Titanic was sinkin',
Shine done swirnmed on over in Los Angeles and started drinkin'.
But now when he heard the Titanic had sunk
He was in New York damn near drunk.
He said, "Ladies and gentlemen," say, "when I die don't y'all bury me at all,
soak my balls in alcohol and lay my old rod across my breast,
and tell all the peoples old Shine has gone to rest."

Various Artists
- Get Your Ass In The Water and Swim Like Me
  - Signifying Monkey (I) Time: 2:29
  - Signifying Monkey (II) Time: 1:25
  - Partytime Monkey Time: 1:31
  - Poolshooting Monkey Time: 1:43
  - Hobo Ben Time: 1:53
  - Get In Out Of The Rain Time: 1:47
  - Brock Hankton Time: 3:07
  - Ups On The Farm Time: 1:29
  - Titanic Time: 2:03
  - Stackolee Time: 1:51
  - Pimpin' Sam Time: 2:41
  - 'Flicted Arm Pete Time: 1:36
  - The Lame And The Whore Time: 2:39
  - Joe The Grinder And G.I. Joe Time: 3:32
  - Dance Of The Freaks Time: 2:23