This document is a song about the Great Lakes consisting of 3 verses that describe each of the 5 Great Lakes - Lake Michigan, Lake Superior, Lake Huron, Lake Erie, and Lake Ontario - and their locations along the border between Canada and the United States. Photos accompanying the song are courtesy of various organizations including NOAA, Sea Grant, the US Army Corps of Engineers, and NASA.

1. Orientation to the Great Lakes
Words and Music by Pat Dailey
Photos Courtesy of:
NOAA – GLERL
NOAA - Coastwatch
Sea Grant
Visualizing the Great Lakes
US Army Corps of Engineers
NASA

2. The Great Lakes are a
Diamond on the Hand
of North America…

3. Brightly shining jewel
on the friendship
border ring…

4. Freshwater highway comin’ down from Canada

5. All along the shoreline,
you can hear them
sing:

6. Sweet Mother Michigan…

7. Father Superior…

8. Comin’ down
through
Mackinaw and
Sault Ste. Marie…

9. Blue Water Huron…

10. Flows down to Erie…

11. Falls to…

12. …Ontario…

13. …and runs on out to sea.