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"Sultana" lyrics


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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