[78-L] Lusitania and other ships on record

[simmonssomer]

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From: "Taylor Bowie" <bowiebks at isomedia.com>
To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 08, 2009 11:39 AM
Subject: [78-L] Lusitania and other ships on record


> Bob Rice noted:
>>
>>  ESPECIALLY the 1908 version, considering she sank in 1912!! Would like 
>> to
>> hear THAT one? A clip,link, anyone/where?The 1908 Titanic version SHOULD
>> be
>> a collector's item???
>
> Of course the 1911 version would be just as interesting and Nostradamian,
> if there were such a thing!
>
>
>>     The Lusitania, vocal NEVER mentioned WHY the Lucy sank? Submarine?
>> Black hole???"American Ships that sail from our slips, are safer for you
>> and
>> me" A US~ian sales pitch for our mini Merchant Marine? The Lucy was set
>> up!
>> The Brits wanted US in the war, figguring that, correctly; " a Thousand 
>> or
>> more, who sailed from our shore, have gone to eternity" would get US into
>> the war? They were right!
>
> Sad but true...very few historians these days try to argue otherwise.  I'm
> surprised that there were no more Lusitania songs recorded after the US
> entered the war in 1917.  I would be very interested if anyone has seen 
> any
> such thing.  I have a few pieces of sheet music about the "Lucy" but they
> were all issued close to the May 1915 sinking.
>
> While we're on the subject,  can anyone add to my list of other ship
> disaster songs?  I have records about the Titanic,  Lusitania,  Vestris 
> and
> Morro Castle...any more from pre-1940?
>
> Taylor
>
> Taylor
>
Let's hear it for "The Zimmerman Rag"

Al S.