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And later that night when his lights went outta sight Came the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald. a main hatchway caved in he said, "Fellas, it's bin good t'know ya!" The captain wired in he had water comin' in And the big ship and crew was in peril. "Fellas, it's too rough t'feed ya." At seven P.M. When suppertime came the old cook came on deck sayin'.
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When afternoon came it was freezin' rain in the face of a hurricane west wind. The dawn came late and the breakfast had to wait When the gales of November came slashin'. And ev'ry man knew, as the captain did too 'Twas the witch of November come stealin'. And later that night when the ship's bell rang, Could it be the north wind they'd been feelin'? The wind in the wires made a tattle-tale sound And a wave broke over the railing. As the big freighters go, it was bigger than most With a crew and good captain well seasoned, Concluding some terms with a couple of steel firms When they left fully loaded for Cleveland. The ship was the pride of the American side Comin' back from some mill in Wisconsin. With a load of iron ore twenty-six thousand tons more Than the Edmund Fitzgerald weighed empty, That good ship and crew was a bone to be chewed When the gales of November came early.
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©1976 by Gordon Lightfoot The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down Of the big lake they called "Gitche Gumee." The lake, it is said, never gives up her dead When the skies of November turn gloomy.