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August 10, 2007
The lake, it is said, never gives up her dead
What may be a life preserver from the Edmund Fitzgerald has washed ashore 200 miles from the cite of the famous wreck. James Lileks elaborates in verse (via Instapundit).
In the land they call the Keweenaw
He spied a big log in the depths of the fog
And could not believe what he then saw
A round thing quite old and all grotty with mold
With a name a songwriter had heralded
A ship that held ore and had passed into lore
‘Twas the ring of the Edmund Fitzgerald!
Posted by Ghost of a flea at August 10, 2007 06:27 AM
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I'm probably the only person in Canada who hates that song. Well, that one and every other folk song ever recorded by anyone.
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at August 10, 2007 02:43 PM
"...every other folk song ever recorded by anyone."
Heathen.
Posted by: Damian at August 10, 2007 04:29 PM
Would this include folk-metal?
Posted by: Ghost of a flea at August 10, 2007 06:23 PM
Pleading ignorance on that count as I have never (to my knowledge) heard a folk-metal band or even song.
Posted by: Chris Taylor at August 14, 2007 04:34 PM