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<body class='hmmessage'>"The Wreck of the edmund Fitzgerald"<BR>
By Gordon Lightfoot<BR>
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<A href="http://www.tomandrodna.com/Songs/Edmund_Fitzgerald.mp3">http://www.tomandrodna.com/Songs/Edmund_Fitzgerald.mp3</A><BR>
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The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down<BR>Of the big lake they call Gitche Gumee<BR>The lake, it is said, never gives up her dead<BR>When the skies of November turn gloomy.<BR><BR>With a load of iron ore - 26,000 tons more<BR>Than the Edmund Fitzgerald weighed empty<BR>That good ship and true was a bone to be chewed<BR>When the gales of November came early<BR><BR>The ship was the pride of the American side<BR>Coming back from some mill in Wisconson<BR>As the big freighters go it was bigger than most<BR>With a crew and the Captain well seasoned.<BR><BR>Concluding some terms with a couple of steel firms<BR>When they left fully loaded for Cleveland<BR>And later that night when the ships bell rang<BR>Could it be the North Wind they'd been feeling.<BR><BR>The wind in the wires made a tattletale sound<BR>And a wave broke over the railing<BR>And every man knew, as the Captain did, too,<BR>T'was the witch of November come stealing.<BR><BR>The dawn came late and the breakfast had to wait<BR>When the gales of November came slashing<BR>When afternoon came it was freezing rain<BR>In the face of a hurricane West Wind<BR><BR>When supper time came the old cook came on deck<BR>Saying fellows it's too rough to feed ya<BR>At 7PM a main hatchway caved in<BR>He said fellas it's been good to know ya.<BR><BR>The Captain wired in he had water coming in<BR>And the good ship and crew was in peril<BR>And later that night when his lights went out of sight<BR>Came the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.<BR><BR>Does anyone know where the love of God goes<BR>When the words turn the minutes to hours<BR>The searchers all say they'd have made Whitefish Bay<BR>If they'd fifteen more miles behind her.<BR><BR>They might have split up or they might have capsized<BR>They may have broke deep and took water<BR>And all that remains is the faces and the names<BR>Of the wives and the sons and the daughters.<BR><BR>Lake Huron rolls, Superior sings<BR>In the ruins of her ice water mansion<BR>Old Michigan steams like a young man's dreams,<BR>The islands and bays are for sportsmen.<BR><BR>And farther below Lake Ontario<BR>Takes in what Lake Erie can send her<BR>And the iron boats go as the mariners all know<BR>With the gales of November remembered.<BR><BR>In a musty old hall in Detroit they prayed<BR>In the Maritime Sailors' Cathedral<BR>The church bell chimed, 'til it rang 29 times<BR>For each man on the Edmund Fitzgerald.<BR><BR>The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down<BR>Of the big lake they call Gitche Gumee<BR>Superior, they say, never gives up her dead<BR>When the gales of November come early.<BR>
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Tom Hansen<BR>
Moscow, Idaho<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>
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From: privatejf32@hotmail.com<BR>To: vision2020@moscow.com<BR>Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2008 15:35:43 -0700<BR>Subject: [Vision2020] Song Title<BR><BR>
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Does anyone remember a song that had to do with the "Sinking of the Edmond.....?" I think it was about a ship in that sank in one of the Great Lakes. I thought it was a song by Roger Whitiker, but I can't seem to find it. The voice of the singer was very deep and I believe it was during the 1970's that it came out. Any help would be appreciated.<BR><BR>J :]<BR><BR>
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