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Waters of Duluth Lyrics:

In the old lake light in the waters of Duluth
From the nose of the wolf at the head of the lakes
From here the big boats clear

Heavy-laden sailing away
In the cold water trade Great Lakes parade

In the first lake light on the hills of Jay Cooke's town
1870 BC before the canal
In the ramshackle shack and storefront get up quick Duluth
Come the railroad to the docks from the elevator load and go

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And they carry grain and they hauling ore
Down the water road Lake Superior
Up comes coal and merchandise
Until the blue highway is paved with ice
To the merchantmen down below
In Cleveland Detroit Buffalo
Over the blue through the Soo
To the water ends of this world come again

First in the wind the schooners raised it in the sails
In the woodline oldest times going by the blow
Then stacked high with lumber the steamers puffing blowing black
Propellers lumberhookers package freighters down and back

Come discovery start the cargo these ports are famous for
Two harbors shipped it first then Duluth the iron ore
From the open pit Mesabi and up and down the iron range
To the steel-burning furnace mills in the East

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On the lakes for all passengers for a magnificent while
You could board and travel waterheld and do it all in style
Embarking on the Peerless or on the America up the shore
Or on the whale back Christopher Columbus for the World's Fair 1893

J.J. Hill's Northern Steamship line stacks above the rest
Steamer Northland and sister Steamer Northwest
Enroute Duluth.. Detroit call on us in parlor 23
We're fitted up in luxury.. In Cuban mahogany

Last to ply these waters and not so long in the blue ago
The S.S. North and the South American of the Georgian Bay Line
As late as 1967 you could wait your call and step aboard
And see American's fourth coast, from the rail, come along

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