Classic Songs About Shipwrecks

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• While much has been written, recorded, and
  exploited about the sinking of the Titanic over a
  hundred years ago, other shipwrecks have gotten
  little attention. A few have gained some
  notoriety through films, although all but one of
  those flicks has basically disappeared.
• One famous sea disaster owes its renown not to a
  movie, but a song. The Edmund Fitzgerald, which
  sank on November tenth exactly forty years ago,
  was the subject of a smash hit for Canadian
  folksinger Gordon Lightfoot.

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• While much has been written, recorded, and
  exploited about the sinking of the Titanic over a
  hundred years ago, other shipwrecks have gotten
  little attention. A few have gained some
  notoriety through films, although all but one of
  those flicks has basically disappeared.
• One famous sea disaster owes its renown not to a
  movie, but a song. The Edmund Fitzgerald, which
  sank on November tenth exactly forty years ago,
  was the subject of a smash hit for Canadian
  folksinger Gordon Lightfoot.

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• While much has been written, recorded, and
  exploited about the sinking of the Titanic over a
  hundred years ago, other shipwrecks have gotten
  little attention. A few have gained some
  notoriety through films, although all but one of
  those flicks has basically disappeared.
• One famous sea disaster owes its renown not to a
  movie, but a song. The Edmund Fitzgerald, which
  sank on November tenth exactly forty years ago,
  was the subject of a smash hit for Canadian
  folksinger Gordon Lightfoot.

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Classic Songs About Shipwrecks

• While much has been written, recorded, and
  Wholetones exploited about the sinking of the
  Titanic over a hundred years ago, other
  shipwrecks have gotten little attention. A few
  have gained some notoriety through films,
  although all but one of those flicks has
  basically disappeared. One famous sea disaster
  owes its renown not to a movie, but a song. The
  Edmund Fitzgerald, which sank on November tenth
  exactly forty years ago, was the subject of a
  smash hit for Canadian folksinger Gordon
  Lightfoot.
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• The song narrates quite precisely what happened
  to the freighter on the day it capsized in Lake
  Superior. It was transporting a heavy load of
  iron ore from Superior, Wisconsin when it was
  caught in hurricane force winds. All twenty one
  of the men aboard perished when it capsized, only
  two hours from its destination. Like the Edmund
  Fitzgerald, the story of other ships have been
  told in songs. The Titanic has been, of course,
  the most often used, most recently by legendary
  songwriter Bob Dylan on his album  The Tempest.
  There is also an excellent bluegrass tune about
  the Titanic, "The Great Ship" by an Ohio group
  called the Dry Branch Fire Squad.