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Fred N. Scott - The Mississippi Nightengale
"A Pascagoula Chieftain's Grave"
Excerpt from: "The History Of The Gulf Coast
by Fred N. Scott
1879-1934
"Where the Escatawpa River, with the Pascagoula
joins,
Just a few miles back from the sea.
There is a lonely grave, of an Indian brave,
At the root of a Live Oak tree.
"On the Rivers Bank, where the reeds are dank,
And the marsh grass waves in the wind.
There's an old canoe tied, by the river's side.
In a Bayou back a pace in a bend.
"On a summer night, when the moon shines bright,
O'er the lagoons, lakes and bays,
There's a mystic charm, there is a ghostly form,
In a canoe on a lonely lagoon.
"It leaves the tree, where the grave lies hid,
Down the path and the canoe is untied.
On the river it floats, a mystic boat,
And to the music of night, it rides.
"But when daylight comes, the grave is still there,
At the root of the Live Oak tree.
But the singers are gone, we know not where,
For the mystic throng, with their weird sweet song,
Have gone with the tide to the sea.
* Excerpt from: "The History Of The Gulf Coast
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