What was the song/artist about the boxer on the Titanic?

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This thread reminded me of a song I heard at least in the mid 80’s about a boxer that was on the Titanic. The chorus was something about, “This ship don’t carry coal.”
IIRC, it was a long, as in album side length, song.

Thanks if you can convince me I didn’t make the whole thing up in a fog.

SFC Schwartz

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The boxer was Jack Johnson. The song was by Leadbelly.

http://www.lyricstime.com/leadbelly-titanic-lyrics.html

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You’re probably thinking about the cheerfully insane version by Jamie Brocket: The Legend of the USS Titanic

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I’ll never forget “497 1/2 feet of rope”

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Thanks all. I have it now.

SFC Schwartz

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----Thanks, that was the song I wanted to hear—

SFC Schwartz

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This thread can be closed. I found what I needed. Thanks,

SFC Schwartz

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The First Mate says, You gotta let it out Captain!!!:D:cool:

SFC Schwartz

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Annd… he… walllked… arounnnnd… thhe… wheelhoussse… twwwwiiiccee…

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Love the Leadbelly Titanic song [as well as the one we used to sing at girl scout camp. “It was sad, it was sad”, we’d sing cheerfully] - Chicago area folksinger Art Thieme used to sing that one, there’s where I first heard it.

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BTW, that was the very first song WBCN in Boston played when they switched from a classical to a rock format.

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“Oh, I just carry it.”

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Ya know, I used to have dial-up, and complained that I couldn’t do The You Tube. Well, we got us some high-speed last week and now shit in the tall cotton, so to speak, and can The You Tubes all I want!

I didn’t realize how good I had it. :smiley:

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Once upon a time speedfreaks were fun. Well, sometimes, but tweakers are never fun. Why is that?

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Okay, I’m a city boy. What in the heck does this mean?

(And yep, used to hear this tune on KPRI-FM in San Diego back in the days when we called it “underground” radio.)

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I was always told that shitting in tall cotton was good because nobody could see you.

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I always figured it was cause you didn’t have to stoop so far to wipe! Just kinda spin around!

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i was looking for thar same song. it was sort of Arloesk. but i do remember somthing about 100 or so feet of hemp rope

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zombie or no

Captain you got to let it out.

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497 1/2 feet of rope.

What do you have that for?

Oh, I just carry it. :slight_smile: