The Edmund Fitzgerald


It was forty five years ago the good ship and crew went down in the Great Lakes.  I was in the first grade in Knoxville Tennessee attending Cedar Bluff Primary School.  I had Mrs. Ward who had a bee-hive hairdo and would always look at me when it was time not to talk.  I remember seeing this story on the news and it's haunted me ever since.  Gordon Lightfoot didn't help with this song.  Let's not forget the Fitz.

#WreckoftheEdmundFitzgerald  #GordonLightfoot

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