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The Rez · 05-30-2005, 10:47 PM

Having heard Yarmouth Castle years before The Edmund Fitzgerald, I favor the Castle.

The most marvelous terrible picture is so simply described in the closing line, "and slipped beneath the waves with the mornin'"

my timbers still shiver . . .

The Rez

05-30-2005, 10:47 PM	#6
The Rez Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Balboa, CA, US of A Posts: 598	Having heard Yarmouth Castle years before The Edmund Fitzgerald, I favor the Castle. The most marvelous terrible picture is so simply described in the closing line, "and slipped beneath the waves with the mornin'" my timbers still shiver . . . The Rez __________________ I came to Love the Music Before I came to Be [Psalm 139:13]