Barb’s answer to Pat Dailey’s boating and fishing songs about Put-in-Bay. He never mentions Sandusky in any of his songs. We have a nice bay, ice-boating, fishing....all the things Put-in-Bay has. What Sandusky didn’t have was a song. Unfortunately, due to Barb’s lack of terrific song writing skills., Sandusky still doesn’t....Tune - Down by the Riverside

Gonna launch my boat to go fishing

Down by the sewage plant

Down by the sewage plant

Down by the sewage plant

Gonna launch my boat to go fishing

Down by the sewage plant

Down by the sewage treatment plant

Oh, yes, I took out a loan

And bought my speedy boat

I’m in hock up to my ears.

Got behind the wheel

Started her up

Just tell me where I find the gears?

Oh, yes, I’m gonna catch some perch

And maybe some rock bass

And then I’ll catch some walleye

Gonna catch some silver cat

And maybe a bullhead

And surely some great big sheephead

Oh, yes, I’m gonna launch my boat

In Sandusky Bay

And head over to Marblehead

I’ve got it up full throttle

Making quite a wake

Why are those sailboats in my way?

Well, we put out our anchor

Now it’s time to fish

This looks like a really good place

We’ve got plenty of bait

We’ve started to fish

Why’s that freighter heading our way?

Well, we pulled up anchor fast

The freighter has gone past

Now we’re going someplace else

What’s that awful sound?

You go look around

Oh, no, we’ve hit a reef

The Coastguard came out

And asked if we needed help

So now we’re being towed

We’ve made it back to land

You know, I spent ten grand

And only caught one fish.

Words ©1997 Barbara F. Gregory*