Listen to Peter Murray recite Victims of Lock 6
1 August 1928
With broken heads & broken limbs,
Beneath this sod two sunny Jims
Await the call of Gabriel’s horn
When all mankind shall be reborn
In life they nobly played their parts
And leave behind some aching hearts.
Published in Spirit of the Big Ditch: The Story of the Welland Canals in Pictures, Poems and Songs. Compiled, edited and annotated by Robert Ratcliffe Taylor. St. Catharines: The Historical Society of St. Catharines, 2024
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