The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald - Gordon Lightfoot
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This is essentially the same as v3 (Penrose), but with the intro and fills added.
Fill A is just the first 4 measures of the intro.
[Intro and Fill B]
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[Fill A ]
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[Intro]
The legend liv
es on from the
chippewa on d
own
Of the big lak
e they called
"Gitche Gumee"
The lake, it i
s said, never
gives up her d
ead
When the skies
of November t
urn gloomy
With a load of
iron ore twen
ty-six thousan
d tons more
Than the Edmun
d Fitzgerald w
eighed empty.
That good ship
and crew was
a bone to be c
hewed
When the "Gale
s of November"
came early.
The ship was t
he pride of th
e American sid
e
Coming back fr
om some mill i
n Wisconsin
As the big fre
ighters go, it
was bigger th
an most
With a crew an
d good captain
well seasoned
Concluding som
e terms with a
couple of ste
el firms
When they left
fully loaded
for Cleveland
And later that
night when th
e ship's bell
rang
Could it be th
e north wind t
hey'd been fee
lin'?
[Fill B]
The wind in th
e wires made a
tattle-tale s
ound
And a wave bro
ke over the ra
iling
And every man
knew, as the c
aptain did too
,
T'was the witc
h of November
come stealin'.
The dawn came
late and the b
reakfast had t
o wait
When the Gales
of November c
ame slashin'.
When afternoon
came it was f
reezin' rain
In the face of
a hurricane w
est wind.
[Fill B]
When suppertim
e came, the ol
d cook came on
deck
Sayin’. "Fella
s, it's too ro
ugh to feed ya
."
At Seven P.M.
a main hatchwa
y caved in',
he said "Fella
s, it's been g
ood t'know ya"
The captain wi
red in he had
water comin' i
n
and the good s
hip and crew w
as in peril.
And later that
night when 'i
s lights went
outta sight
Came the wreck
of the Edmund
Fitzgerald.
[Fill B]
Does any one k
now where the
love of God go
es
When the waves
turn the minu
tes to hours?
The searches a
ll say they'd
have made Whit
efish Bay
If they'd put
fifteen more m
iles behind he
r.
They might hav
e split up or
they might hav
e capsized;
They may have
broke deep and
took water.
And all that r
emains is the
faces and the
names
Of the wives a
nd the sons an
d the daughter
s.
[Fill B]
Lake Huron rol
ls, Superior s
ings
In the rooms o
f her ice-wate
r mansion.
Old Michigan s
teams like a y
oung man's dre
ams;
The islands an
d bays are for
sportsmen.
And farther be
low Lake Ontar
io
Takes in what
Lake Erie can
send her,
And the iron b
oats go as the
mariners all
know
with the Gales
of November r
emembered.
[Fill A]
In a musty old
hall in Detro
it they prayed
,
In the "Mariti
me Sailors' Ca
thedral."
The church bel
l chimed till
it rang twenty
-nine times
For each man o
n the Edmund F
itzgerald.
The legend liv
es on from the
Chippewa on d
own
Of the big lak
e they call "G
itche Gumee".
"Superior", th
ey said, "neve
r gives up her
dead
When the 'Gale
s of November'
come early!"
[Fill B] ...to fade