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Now it's just my luck to have_ the watch_ with_ nothing left to do_
But watch the deadly_ waters glide_ as we roll_ North to the Sault_
And wonder when they'll turn again_ and pitch us_ to_ the rail_
And whirl off one more_ young_-ster_ in_ the gale__ _
The kid was so damn ea ger_ it was all_ so big and new_
You never_ had_ to tell him_ twice_ or find him work to do_
And evenings on the mess deck_ he was al_-ways first to sing_
And show us pictures_ of_ the girl_ he'd wed in_ spring__
But I told that kid_ a hundred times_ don't take the lakes for gran_-ted_
They go_ from calm_ to a hundred knots_ so fast they_ seem_ en chanted_
But tonight_ some red-eyed_ Wiarton girl_ lies sta_-ring at the wall_
And her lover's_ gone_ in to_ a white_ squall___
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Now it's a thing_ that us old_ timers know_ in a sul_-try summer calm_
There comes a blow_ from nowhere_ and it goes off like a bomb_
And a fifteen_ thousand_ tonner can be thrown upon her beam_
While the gale_ takes all_ be fore it_ with a scream_
The kid was on_ the hatches_ lying sta_-ring at the sky_
From where I stood I swear I could see tears fall_ from his e- eyes_
So I hadn't the heart to tell him_ that he should be on a line_
Even_ on_ a night so warm and fine__
But I told that kid_ a hundred times_ don't take the lakes for gran_-ted_
They go_ from calm_ to a hundred knots_ so fast they_ seem_ en chanted_
But tonight_ some red-eyed_ Wiarton girl_ lies sta_-ring at the wall_
And her lover's_ gone_ in to_ a white_ squall___
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When it struck_ he sat up_ with a start_ I roared to him get down_
But for all_ that he_ could hear I could as well not made a sound_
So I clung there_ to the stanchions_ and I felt_ my face go pale_
As he crawled_ hand over hand_ along_ the rail_
Now I could feel her heeling o ver_ with the fu_-ry of the blow_
And I watched the rail_ go un der then so_ terrible and slow_
Then like some great dog_ she shook herself_ and roared_ upright_ a gain_
Far over side_ I heard him call my name_
But I told that kid_ a hundred times_ don't take the lakes for gran_-ted_
They go_ from calm_ to a hundred knots_ so fast they_ seem_ en chanted_
But tonight_ some red-eyed_ Wiarton girl_ lies sta_-ring at the wall_
And her lover's_ gone_ in to_ a white_ squall___
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So it's just my luck to have the watch with_ nothing left to do_
But watch the deadly_ waters_ glide as we roll North to the Sault_
And wonder when they'll turn again_ and pitch us to_ the rail_
And whirl off one more_ young_-ster in the gale__ _
But I told that kid_ a hundred times_ don't take the lakes for gran_-ted_
They go_ from calm_ to a hundred knots_ so fast they_ seem_ en chanted_
But tonight_ some red-eyed_ Wiarton girl_ lies sta_-ring at the wall_
And her lover's_ gone_ in to_ a white_ squall___
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