Wallace Hartley nodded
and the band played on.
The lifeboats and collapsibles
by then were launched and gone.
Futile flares lit up the sky
A chill borne of despair.
What was the last song that you played ?
A waltz? a Hymn? a prayer?
The violin I hold in my hand
was Wallace's all right.
What will be bid for this memento
of that remembered night?
Some survivors after claimed
you played a hymn of praise.
The wireless man McBride recalled
a mournful waltz was played.
You were the gift of Wallace's love
A girl who never wed.
The last memento of these Lovers
who rest now with the dead.
Now all Titanic's complement
are muted dead and gone.
Yet all survivors testified
that the band, indeed, played on.
Feb 18, 2013
Feb 18, 2013 at 6:52 PM UTC
Wallace Hartley nodded
and the band played on.
The lifeboats and collapsibles
by then were launched and gone.
Futile flares lit up the sky
A chill borne of despair.
What was the last song that you played ?
A waltz? a Hymn? a prayer?
The violin I hold in my hand
was Wallace's all right.
What will be bid for this memento
of that remembered night?
Some survivors after claimed
you played a hymn of praise.
The wireless man McBride recalled
a mournful waltz was played.
You were the gift of Wallace's love
A girl who never wed.
The last memento of these Lovers
who rest now with the dead.
Now all Titanic's complement
are muted dead and gone.
Yet all survivors testified
that the band, indeed, played on.
An Auctioneer muses of the violin of Titanic's bandleader, Wallace hartley, as he prepares for the upcoming auction.
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