I received the following in an email from my friend Brian. Words are from the song "Down in Ashtabula" by David Francey.
Ashtabula means "river of many fish" in the Iroquois language. It was mentioned in a song by Bob Dylan in the line "I'll look for you in old Honolulu, San Francisco, Ashtabula".
Kelly drove us down to the lake on a bright Ohio day...
In The Maritime Museum so high above waves....
Pictures from the past recalled in black and white and grey.
But the Captains and the ships are gone, long since passed away...
The tilting bridge itself swings back...
That coal train from Kentucky, she's come a long, long way
Down in Ashtabula on a sunny summer's day.
