Haven't seen too many videos with a good quality version of this song, so I thought I'd put together a video with lyrics. Enjoy!Pictures are Copyrighted to t...

The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald Lyrics: The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down / Of the big lake they called Gitche Gumee / The lake, it is said, never gives up her dead /...

This song commemorates the sinking of the carrier SS Edmund Fitzgerald on Lake Superior on November 10, 1975. The tragedy took the lives of 29 men.

Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald, by Gordon Lightfoot, is probably his most famous song, about the shipwreck on Lake Superior in 1975. You can read the lyrics here, and also read about the events in November every year, remembering the ship and the men who lost their lives that night.

"The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" is a song written, composed, and performed by Canadian singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot to commemorate the sinking of the bulk carrier SS Edmund Fitzgerald on Lake Superior on November 10, 1975.

The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald Lyrics by Gordon Lightfoot. The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down Of the big lake they called 'Gitche Gumee' The lake, it is said, never gives up her dead When the sk...

Gordon Lightfoot – The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald Lyrics from album: Summertime Dream (1976) The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down

For each man on the Edmund Fitzgerald. The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down Of the big lake they call 'Gitche Gumee'. Superior, they said, never gives up her dead When the gales of November come early!

"The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" is a song written, composed, and performed by Canadian singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot to commemorate the sinking of the bulk carrier SS Edmund Fitzgerald on Lake Superior on November 10, 1975.

The Edmund Fitzgerald may well have been among them. We got caught in a sudden summer storm--I think it was a tornado--in the harbor in Detroit, and waves began to break over the ship, which was normally as stable as a parking lot.