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Of Michigan
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Of Michigan
These are the sounds of the Indian names of Michigan
These are the sounds of the Indian names of Michigan
Ottawa, Chippewa, Potawatomi
Keweenaw, Noquet, and Menominee
Hannahville, Kickapoo and Ojibwe
Fox and Sauk, Huron and Neutral, Miami
These are the sounds of the Indian names…
Of Michigan
These are the things that we love to do in Michigan
These are the things that we love to do in Michigan
To head for the places that we call “Up North,”
to walk in her forests and play on her shores.
Remember the Fitz and six-thousand more
vessels all lost in her awesome storms
Drive through the groves of Grand Traverse Bay
And wonder why we just don’t stay.
These are the things that we love to do…
In Michigan
These are the things that we love to boast of Michigan,
These are the things that we love to boast of Michigan
To hold up our hands, and point out our towns,
And smile at the outstater’s puzzled frown.
Walk Mighty Mac - five miles great
Quarter mile longer than the golden gate.
Visit 10,000 miles of streams.
We can’t fish them all except in our dreams
These are the things that we love to boast…
Of Michigan
These are the sound, these are the things,
These are the boasts - Of Michigan
Land of the Yoopers and land of the Trolls
Of islands and shipwrecks and untold lost souls.
Land of the dunes and the inland seas
There’s no other place that we want to be, than Michigan; than Michigan.
Hold up your hands and point our towns,
And show everyone all around,
Your of Michigan.
Your of Michigan.
Your of Michigan.
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Head'n "Up North"
03:14
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3. |
Shoreline Driving
02:48
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Waves & Breeze
04:40
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Fresh Water
03:01
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Fresh Water
Hiawatha sang, and Hemingway wrote,
of a magical place,
Where Fitzgerald once float,
A place of fresh water.
A place of shining seas,
as far as you can see,
And if you want to find me,
you know where I’ll be,
Near the fresh water.
Some people want to drain it away,
to another place,
So they can water their lawns,
and wash their face,
In the fresh water.
So if you were to ask me,
it’s a place you should see,
Before there no longer be,
A place of fresh water.
Hiawatha sang, and Hemingway wrote,
of a magical place,
Where Fitzgerald once float,
A place of fresh water.
Copyright © 2009 Dale Fowler
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Coast Guard City
05:19
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Third Coast Surfers
05:41
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Third Coast Surfers
Along the North Coast, Called the Third Coast,
Is the strangest thing you’ll ever see.
Men on surf boards, float off icy shores,
Catching waves even as they freeze.
No matter the weather, the worse the better,
Insulated iron men, doing as they please.
Obsessed with riding the crest; searching for the Great Lake’s best,
It doesn’t matter if it’s 20 degrees.
Third coast surfer boys, ride their frozen toys,
And don’t care what people think like you and me.
A passion for moments of freedom, the cold will never defeat ‘em,
in their quest to ride the inland seas.
Along the North Coast, Called the Third Coast,
Is the strangest thing you’ll ever see.
Men on surf boards, float off icy shores,
Catching waves even as they freeze.
No matter the weather, the worse the better,
Insulated iron men, doing as they please.
Obsessed with riding the crest; searching for the Great Lake’s best, It doesn’t matter if it’s 20 degrees.
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Buster Keaton
02:34
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10. |
Bridge to Somewhere
02:58
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Bridge (to Somewhere)
Build you mighty men build. Build you mighty men build.
A bridge that leads to somewhere.
Build you mighty men build. Build you mighty men build.
A bridge that lasts 1,000 years.
Over the years that have passed, We see that you built it to last.
Over the years what you’ve done, is make two peninsulas one.
So build you mighty men build. Build you mighty men build.
A bridge that leads to somewhere.
Build you mighty men build. Build you mighty men build.
A bridge to last 1000 years.
You did what no one did before. A bridge that could weather all storms.
You did what others dare not try. A five-mile highway standing in the sky.
So build you mighty men build. Build you mighty men build.
A bridge that leads to somewhere.
Build you mighty men build. Build you mighty men build.
A bridge to last 1000 years.
Build. Build. Build. Build!
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Paul Bunyan
02:36
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Big Paul
Eight feet tall and three-hundred pounds,
He called Oscoda his home town.
Was it an earthquake or just his axe,
That made those trees come crashing down?
This is the legend of Big Paul,
Four-hundred pounds and nine feet tall.
Walking through the forest, whacking down those trees.
Tossing ‘em in Au Sable, Stirring up a breeze.
This is the legend of Big Paul,
Six-hundred pounds and ten feet tall.
Some say he’s from Canada, Some say Michigan.
The issue was decided,by the governor’s Canadian hand.
This is the legend of Big Paul,
Eight-hundred pounds and twelve feet tall.
He had himself a Babe, and about her he would rave,
Cuz she could snort lighting. A typical Michigan Maid.
This is the legend of Big Paul,
Twelve-hundred pounds; twenty feet tall.
This is the Legend of Big Paul,
Two-thousand pounds; forty feet tall.
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Iron Dog Riders
05:04
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13. |
Lake Effect
02:44
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Lake Effect
I want to steam with you on a midnight cruise in the Moonlight.
And be on the aft-deck under the stars, holding you so tight.
I want hear the wake on that Michi gami Lake,
And hope it’s not good time we make.
We’ll spend the day on the shore chasing our hats, in the wind gusts.
And climb to the top of the dune with the picnic basket, you made us.
We’ll hear the band all day above the people all at play,
And dance to our requests all day.
Then I’ll look for you in the parade of the beautiful ladies before us.
I’ll be the one in the crowed blowing kisses at you, till embarrassed.
And I’ll fall with you on my face and gladly lose the three-legged race,
To see the laughter on your face.
Then I want to steam with you on a midnight cruise in the Moonlight.
And be on the aft-deck under the stars holding you so tight.
I want hear the wake on that Michi gami Lake,
And hope it’s not good time we make.
And I’ll pray a lake-effect will suspend all time and space,
so that we never leave this place.
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And I’ll pray a lake-effect will suspend all time and space,
so that we never leave this place.
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14. |
Words, Water & Wind
03:57
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15. |
Hail Chippewa
01:54
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16. |
Mystic Michigan
04:36
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17. |
Better Places
03:06
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18. |
Head'n Home
02:00
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Accoustic Michigan Mount Pleasant, Michigan
These songs reflect Great Lakes themes. They include Tall Ships, Shipwrecks, Hemingway, and an album about about people and place of Michigan called Michigama.
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