When That Great Ship Went Down

General Information
Performer: William and Versey Smith

Instrumentation: Tambourine- Versey Smith, Guitar- William Smith

Date of recording: 1927

Record label: Paramount

Serial #: 12505B (4685-728)

Summary
(As summarized by Harry Smith, The Anthology Of American Folk Music) "MANUFACTURER[']S PROUD DREAM DESTROYED AT SHIPWRECK. SEGREGATED POOR DIE FIRST." (6)

Information On This Song
This ballad is a rendition 'The Titanic (song)'.

Albums Featuring This Song

 * The Anthology Of American Folk Music
 * This Land Is Your Land (album)
 * People Take Warning!
 * Never Let The Same Bee Sting You Twice (album
 * The Songster Tradition
 * Titanic Songs
 * Songs Of War And History
 * Country Blues Obscurities
 * American Primitive