Happy Edmund Fitzgerald Day to all.
“The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down
Of the big lake they call Gitchigumi
The lady, it’s said, never gives up her dead
When the skies of November turn gloomy…”
#GordonLightfoot
#EdmundFitzgerald
The View From North Central Idaho
Ramblings on explosives, guns, politics, and sex by a redneck Idaho farm boy who became a software engineer living near Seattle.
One of the best, if not the best, of the “real life stories told in song” genre!
“Happy?”
Seems like not quite the right word to commemorate the loss of ship and crew. Great song, though.
Aside: just had someone wish me a happy Veteran’s Day. At least it wasn’t “happy Memorial Day”. The local indoor pistol range is offering vets an hour of free time today, so there’s some happiness…