Sunday, August 30, 2009

Sultana, the song, by Son Volt


July 3, 2009 

Here are the lyrics to the new song "Sultana" by Son Volt:

Sultana

April 27, 1865 the worst American

Disaster of the maritime 

No one knows the count of lives lost

The soldiers, civilians and the sisters of charity

At $5 a head Captains Mason and Hatch

Boarded 6 times the legal load of the Sultana 

Leaving Vicksburg bound for Cairo

Memphis was the tragic last port of call of Sultana

6 miles out of Memphis a boiler gave out

From the flooding swift river and extra heavy load of Sultana

The current was cold the river was wide

A mile to either side away from the burning Sultana

3 boilers blew fire and lit up the night sky

Hell was a better place than on board the Sultana

The worst American disaster on water

The Titanic of the Mississippi was the Sultana

Hell was a better place that night

The Titanic of the Mississippi was the Sultana

 

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