~*~
On eerie nights
With fog so dreary,
Near rocky shores
Of deep Lake Erie,
Voices echo
Thru' dead of night,
With wailing pleas
Of sailors' plight.

Spectral beings
In swirling mists,
Rise from waters
Of dark abyss.
They search for loves
They left behind~
Unseeing eyes
That cannot find.

'Twas many years
Since mighty gale,
Rocked the boat
And ripped mainsail.
The vessel sank
To water's grave,
And with it took
The sailors brave.

Lamenting sounds,
Chill deep the bones,
Of those who hear
Their mournful moans.
'Twas long ago
In glory days,
Lost sailors sank
In Erie's waves.

On eerie nights,
With fog so dreary,
Near rocky shores
Of deep Lake Erie,
Voices echo
Thru' dead of night,
With wailing pleas
Of sailors' plight.
~*~