Chords for E C Roberts / The Red Iron Ore

Come all you bold fellows that follow the [Bb] lakes
On an iron ore vessel [C] you're living to make
I shipped in Chicago, [Eb] goodbye to [Bb] the shore
Bound for Escanaba in the red iron ore
[C] Dairy down, [G] down, and [Gm] it's a dairy [Cm] down
In the month of September, the 17th day
[C] Two dollars and a quarter was all they would pay
On a Monday [Cm] morning [Eb] from the North [Bb] Branch to take
The Spirice Roberts [G] right out in [Bb] the lake
[C] Dairy down, down, [G] and it's a dairy [Cm] down
_ _ _ Blowing from the southward it blew a fresh gale
And down through Lake Michigan the Roberts did sail
Down through Lake Michigan the Roberts did [Bb] roar
And on Wednesday morning we went [G] through Death's door
Dairy [C] down, down, and it's a dairy down
_ _ _ This packet then crossed down the mouth of Green Bay
[Bb] And from her cut water [C] she threw the white spray
We rounded the sand [Eb] point, the anchor let go
Folded up all the [Fm] canvas and then went [G] below
Dairy [C] down, down, and it's a dairy down
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_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ Next morning we hove up along the [F] Exile
And then was made fast to [C] an iron ore pile
They [Cm] lowered the chutes and like [Bb] thunder did roar
They spouted into us the [G] red iron ore
Dairy down, down, and it's a dairy down
Some sailors took shovels while others took spades
[F] Some took wheel barrels, [C] each man to his trade
We looked like red devils, [Eb] our backs they [Bb] got sore
We cursed Escanaba and [Fm] the damned iron ore
Dairy [C] down, down, and it's [Gm] a dairy down
_ _ _ But Tug Escanaba towed us out to the minch
[Bb] It was there that they thought [C] they'd left [Cm] us in a pinch
They cheered and they jeered as we [Bb] passed by
Saying, see you in [G] Cleveland next Fourth of July
Dairy down, down, and it's a [C] dairy down
_ _ But through old Louise Island it blew a fresh breeze
We made the [Bb] foxes, the beavers, the skilly-gilly
We passed by the [Eb] minch for to show [Bb] her the way
When she and her hoban [Fm] sight-tail were off [Bb] Thunder Bay
[C] Dairy down, down, [Gm] and it's a [C] dairy down _ _ _
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[G] _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ Across Saginaw Bay now the rubber stood right
[G] With dark and deep water rolling [C] over her side
We went through [G] North Passage, oh Lord, how it blew
Then we rounded the dummy and the fleet [F] followed through
[C] Dairy down, down, and it's a dairy down
So now we're in Cleveland made fast and stern
And [F] over the bottle we'll spin a good yarn
For Captain Art Rumage, yet ought to stand treat
For getting us to Cleveland ahead of the fleet
Dairy down, [G] down, and it's a dairy down
Down, and it's a dairy down _
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