------------------------------------------------------------------------------The Great Lakes Song - Performed by Pat DaileyWritten by Pat Dailey & Shel SilversteinG EmThe Great Lakes are a diamond on the hand of North AmericaC DBrightly shining jewel on the friendship borderingG EmFreshwater highway coming down from CanadaC D GAll along the shoreline, you can hear them singchorus:G EmSweet mother Michigan, father SuperiorC DComing down from Mackinac and Sault St. MarieG EmBlue water Huron, Flow down to Lake Erie-OC D GFall to Ontario and run on out to seaG EmHearty are the seamen on the ships that load the iron oreC DSailing out of Thunder Bay and bound for BuffaloG EmHearty are the fishermen just like their fathers were beforeC D GSay they'll bury me at sea come my time to go(chorus)G EmOh the tales the sailors spin of mermaids singing in the windC Dthe sinking of the Bessemer, the drowning of the crewG EmMemories of waters crossed of women won and fortunes lostC D GAre etched upon their faces and their faded old tatoosEm CDown below the quarter decks the old men mend the fishing netsG DUp above the windy bridge the young men curse into the windEm CAll along the winds of straits(?) the wives and mothers lie awakeG DPray on lady of the lake to send them home again(chorus)(chorus)
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