Add to ORKGvoiceCollected by Charley B. Davis For Mary C. Parler Transcribed by Frances Majors Sung by Fred High High, Arkansas November 24, 1958 Reel 279, Item 1 The Battle Ship Maine Once I had a sweetheart, Noble, brave, and true, Fearless as the sunshine, Gentle as the dew. We had loved and waited; He had named the day; We had pledged to wed each other In the month of May. Out on the high seas he sails, Faithful to country and home, Faithful to captain and crew. Anchored at Havana, On the Cuban shores, Conscious of no danger, Dreaming love dreams o'er, Peacefully he slumbered, In his hammock bed, With stars and stripes a-gleaming, Beauty benediction said. Then come a death dealing clash, That wrecked both vessel and twain; Down went my sweetheart ...