Titanic: A New Musical - I Must Get On That Ship lyrics

[PITMAN] Third cla** pa**engers Proceed at once to the gangway! Please bring your boarding documents And await further instructions. [MURPHEY] Holy Mother of God! Is that a ship or a mountian? [MCGOWAN] It looks long enough so a body could walk to America! I'm Katherine McGowan, but everyone calls me Kate. [MULLINS] I'm Kate, too. Kate Mullins. [MURPHEY] And I'm Kate three! Kate Murphey. [MULLINS] It must be fate, then! [MCGOWAN] It's not fate. It's Irish. [MULLINS] You travelling alone? [MCGOWAN] Not me, I've got a feller. See that good-looking one up ahead? I'm planning to marry him. [MURPHEY] When's that gonna be? [MCGOWAN] Soon as I meet him. Get me aboard [THREE KATES] Call out my name [3RD CLASS PASSENGERS] It's to America we aim To find a better life We prayed to make this trip! Let all our children's children know That this day long ago We dreamt of them And came aboard this ship! [ALL] For the maiden voyage! For the maiden voyage! Get us all aboard! [PITMAN] Second cla** pa**engers Proceed to "C", "D" and "E" decks. Please contact the ship's purser To arrange dining a**ignments. [CLARKE] No account in the National Press Has quite done justice to this! [EDGAR] It's a sight for once in a lifetime! [EDGAR, ALICE, CLARKE & NEVILLE] Yes, a sight for once in a lifetime! [CLARKE] And the chance to run away and marry Now we two daren't miss [NEVILLE] It's a chance for once in a lifetime! [2ND CLASS PASSENGERS] Yes, a chance for once in a lifetime! Can't wait to board that ship today Be with her when she pulls away And takes her maiden sail I must get on that ship! The largest, grandest on the earth And I've reserved a berth To be aboard, now point me toward That ship! [ALICE] The finest people will attend The best among them we'll befriend They'll stand right next to us Be at my fingertip [ALL] Great heads of state and millionaires Who run the world's affairs Will all be there I must get on that ship! For the maiden voyage! For the maiden voyage! Get us all aboard!