The Edmund Fitzgerald: The Song of the Bell
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Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.
Lightfoot wrote the song as a tribute to the ship, the sea, and the men who lost their lives that night. When asked recently what he thought his most significant contribution to music was, he said it was this song, which he often refers to as "The Wreck". In spite of its unlikely subject matter, the song climbed to 2 on the Billboard pop charts and remains one the most stirring topical ballads ever written, and a highlight of every Lightfoot concert. See the song lyrics below. Every year, on November 10th and the days leading up to it, there are commemorative services and other programs to remember the ship and the men who lost their lives.
You can find information about the events at the following websites: Find the song on: Originally broadcast on PBS in a 30 minutes version, this is an updated one hour version and includes interviews not available elsewhere. Ric Mixter, who produced both versions, narrated this newer version and visited the wreck site himself.
The Edmund Fitzgerald: The Song of the Bell by Kathy-jo Wargin
Find out why the Edmund Fitzgerald went down - human error or a foot wave? Click here or on the image at the left to find out more. In , Lightfoot changed one line in the lyrics of the song as a result of recent findings that it was waves and not crew error that lead to the shipwreck. He always felt bad that the line might have implied that the crew was at fault, and he was very happy that new evidence absolved them.
The Edmund Fitzgerald: Song of the Bell
The line changed, and the new version, are: At seven PM, it grew dark, it was then he said,. See the lyric change in context below , and read the Toronto Sun news story about it see below the lyrics. With a load of iron ore twenty-six thousand tons more than the Edmund Fitzgerald weighed empty, that good ship and true was a bone to be chewed when the "Gales of November" came early.
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The ship was the pride of the American side coming back from some mill in Wisconsin. 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.
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.
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And ev'ry man knew, as the captain did too 'twas the witch of November come stealin'. The dawn came late and the breakfast had to wait when the Gales of November came slashin'. When afternoon came it was freezin' rain in the face of a hurricane west wind.
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