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- From: martens@laurel.cis.ohio-state.edu (Jeff Martens)
- Subject: Re: Whitefish Bay (WAS: Re: surfing in Lake Superior?)
- Message-ID: <1992Nov16.183656.29804@cis.ohio-state.edu>
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- Organization: Ohio State U. Dept. of Computer Science
- References: <Uf1qMZW00WBLA0vmFw@andrew.cmu.edu>
- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 18:36:56 GMT
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- 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)
-