There were five Brothers Jamieson
The pride of the great Northwest
When it came to steamboat piloting, the Jamiesons were best!
There's stories told of Captains bold
Who plied the Northwest chuck
The Steamboatin' Jamiesons had the hardest luck! It's said the trouble all began back in 1854
The first of the fated Jamiesons was standing on the wharf
Canemah town heard a frightening sound
With a great horrific roar
The "Gazelle" was flung into "Kingdom Come"
And that left only 4 Four Steamboat Jamiesons, pride of the great Northwest
When it came to steamboat piloting, the Jamiesons were best! Then on the steamer "Portland", the Willamette River run
Poor Mother Jamieson, she lost another son
The Portland stalls above the falls and amidst the ship's debris
Was the lifeless frame of Robert J. and now there's only 3 Three Steamboat Jamiesons, pride of the great Northwest
When it came to steamboat piloting, the Jamiesons were best! "The Best Swiftwater Pilot" Smith Jamieson was hailed
As he skippered on the run from New Westminster up to Yale
He'd come as far as Union Bar when the boiler up and blew
There Smith, he met his maker, with Jamiesons at 2 Then in 1861, late one August night
The folks around Victoria beheld the horrid sight
The "Cariboo" was splintered through
And scattered o'er the foam
Like the mighty hand of God reached down
To call the last two home The Steamboatin' Jamiesons, pride of the great Northwest
The pride of the great Northwest
When it came to steamboat piloting, the Jamiesons were best!
There's stories told of Captains bold
Who plied the Northwest chuck
The Steamboatin' Jamiesons had the hardest luck!
Yes, the Steamboatin' Jamiesons had the hardest luck! | 
