32 Down On The Robert Mackensie Lyrics

32 men on a Great Lake boat Quit the pier at Thunder Bay 28,000 tons of coal On a Cold November day 800 feet and ten more long 80 feet across The steel mills of Detroit Our destination through the frost At 2am on the 2nd Waves were runnin`up to 40 feet Winds were blowin`at 60 miles Our engines crankin`heat At 3:13 we took a wave The wheelhouse left behind Radar slipped beneath the waves We were runnin`blind Hear me call across the waves If I don`t come home tonight I will make it home someday Chorus: Steel boats iron men 32 down on the Robert MacKensie Steel boats iron men 32 down on the robert MacKensie Steel boats iron men 32 down on the Robert MacKensie Our Captain name of Phillips Seekin`shelter from the storm Turned us south to Bet Grise Bay By way of Keewinah point But the winds were pushin`at such a rate We ended up driftin`north A wave broke over a 9 foot rock Six fathom Shoal The MacKensie she was cut in half The stern she rammed the bow Men were caught in metal jaws Flames burned out of hell Stern kept runnin`all her light`s ablaze Not one man would be found Captain`s last transmission read 32 Men down Hear me call across the waves If I don`t come home tonight I will make it home someday Chorus Steel boats iron men 32 down on the Robert MacKensie Steel boats iron men 32 down on the robert MacKensie Steel boats iron men 32 down on the Robert MacKensie Down down down down Down down down down Hear me call across the waves If I don`t come home tonight I will make it home someday Yes I call across the waves If I don't come home tonight I will make it home someday.