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i Come, all brother sailors, I hope you'll draw nigh For to hear of the sad news, it will cause you to cry, Of the noble Johnny Gallegher, who sailed to and fro, He was lost on Lake Michigan where the stormy winds blow.
2 "Oh, Johnny, my dear son, in the dead of the night I woke from a dream which gave me a fright, And to Traverse City I beseech you not to go,
For you'll never cross Lake Michigan where the stormy winds blow.
3 "Oh, mother, dear mother, those dreams are not true, I will shortly return and prove it to you,
For the Lord will protect me wherever I go
And Pll cross o'er Lake Michigan where the stormy winds blow."
4 It was in October in '73,
We left Beaver harbor and haa a calm sea,
Bound away, Traverse City was our destination to go,
We were crossing Lake Michigan where the stormy winds blow.
5 We left Traverse City at nine the next day And down to Elk Rapids we then bore away; We took in our stores and to sea we did go,
For to cross o'er Lake Michigan where the stormy winds blow.
6 At nine that same night a light we did spy That is Beaver Island, we are drawing nigh, We carried all sails, the Lookout, she did go,
We were crossing Lake Michigan where the stormy winds blow.
7 Oh, Johnny got up and he spoke to his crew, He says, "Now, brave boys, be steady and true,
Stand by for your halliards, let your main halliards go,
There's a squall on Lake Michigan where the stormy winds blow."
8 The Lookout she's a-running before a hard gale, Upset went her rudder and overboard went her sail \ The billows were foaming like mountains of snow,
We shall ne'er cross Lake Michigan where the stormy winds blow.
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