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- From: charbonn@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (gary charbonneau)
- Subject: Re: Whitefish Bay (WAS: Re: surfing in Lake Superior?)
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- References: <Uf1qMZW00WBLA0vmFw@andrew.cmu.edu> <1992Nov16.183656.29804@cis.ohio-state.edu>
- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 19:00:20 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov16.183656.29804@cis.ohio-state.edu> martens@laurel.cis.ohio-state.edu (Jeff Martens) writes:
- >In article <Uf1qMZW00WBLA0vmFw@andrew.cmu.edu> Christopher Ryan Stengel <cs4v+@andrew.cmu.edu> writes:
- >>Excerpts from 15-Nov-92 Re: surfing in Lake Superior? by Paul Botts
- >
- >>> In article <blah> cs4v+@andrew.cmu.edu (Me) writes:
- >
- >>>>Hey, I was wondering if somewhere I might be able to find the
- >>>>lyrics to "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald". It is my understanding
- >>>>that it contains a line about Whitefish Bay (My hometown!)
- >
- >>> Well, it does, but I'm pretty sure it refers to Whitefish Bay, the bay,
- >>> not Whitefish Bay, the town. The ship was only 15 minutes from the
- >>> safety of the bay when it went down.
- >
- >>Maybe I'm a little tunnel-visioned, but what's the difference? Is not
- >>Whitefish Bay (the town) sitting on Whitefish Bay (the bay?). I mean,
- >>obviously the ship wasn't headed for a dock or anything, but to me
- >>Whitefish Bay is Whitefish Bay. Bay or Town=Tomaeto or Tomahto.
- >
- >The only town called Whitefish Bay I know of is a Milwaukee
- >suburb. This is nowhere near where the Fitzgerald sank (L.
- >Michigan and L. Superior being different lakes). I looked on a
- >michigan map, and there doesn't appear to be a town of that name
- >on the Michigan side of the bay (over in Ontario, maybe?)--just
- >Whitefish Point and Paradise.
- >
- >>Anyone have the lyrics?
- >
- >Someone posted the lyrics a year or so ago, so someone (else?)
- >--
- > "C'mon, what's the big hold up?! Let's go, up there!
- > Bring on the snow!" -- Calvin
- >
- >-- Jeff (martens@cis.ohio-state.edu)
-
- As I recall, the lyrics go something like this:
-
- "The mariners all say
- She'd have made Whitefish Bay
- If she'd put fifteen more miles behind her."
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- --
- Gary Charbonneau
- charbonn@silver.indiana.edu
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