Ships That Pass By My Window

Ships That Pass By My Window

© by Bud Lemire on Jan 18, 2016

Out my window, on the water is the Joseph L. Block

I see those ships coming in, around the clock

The Wilfred Sykes comes and goes a lot too

Every now and then, I see one I never knew

There's two ships named Tregurtha, the Paul and the Lee

And the Arthur M. Anderson, is another one to see

The Burns Harbor, and the Cason J. Callaway

Can be expected here, on almost any day

What is that ship? Oh it's the H. Lee White

I see it moving to dock, oh what a sight

Here comes the Hon. James L. Oberstar

Shining in the sunlight, it must have come far

I never know what ship I'll see when I awake

I grab my camera, to see what's on the lake

Here it comes, the Mesabi Miner

From the 15^th floor, nothing could be finer

If I can't see the name of the ship that I see

Dave has strong binoculars, so he'll tell me

It's enjoyable to see those ships come and go

When you're by the water, it's a Great Lakes Ship Show

Ships that pass by, carrying Iron ore

What a great view, I couldn't ask for more

There are many more ships that pass by, those

are just a few. Back as a kid we called

them Ore Boats and they carried Ore and unloaded

them and made the big Ore piles. They would be

all over the Train Tracks too. I love watching the Ships

come in and look out my window to see them.