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I've read this thread twice.  I give up.  Can't understand any of it.  Must be a generational thing.  Nope - can't be that. Lana doesn't get it either.....

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30 years ago a commercial vessel named Edmund Fitzgerald sank while traversing Lake Superior. All hands went down and a folk-hippy wrote a pretty cool song about it.

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30 years ago a commercial vessel named Edmund Fitzgerald sank while traversing Lake Superior.  All hands went down and a folk-hippy wrote a pretty cool song about it.

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His name was Ella Gaye.

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I've read this thread twice.  I give up.  Can't understand any of it.  Must be a generational thing.  Nope - can't be that. Lana doesn't get it either.....

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You (from what I saw in person) and Lana (from her pictures) both appear to be in your early to possiby mid twenties.

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You (from what I saw in person) and Lana (from her pictures) both appear to be in your early to possiby mid twenties.

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Well done Bill! Pervert :lol:

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Ships, ships and more ships...

 

What about the Reuban James?

 

The Sinking Of The Reuben James

 

Have you heard of a ship called the good Reuben James

Manned by hard fighting men both of honor and fame?

She flew the Stars and Stripes of the land of the free

But tonight she's in her grave at the bottom of the sea.

 

Tell me what were their names, tell me what were their names,

Did you have a friend on the good Reuben James?

What were their names, tell me, what were their names?

Did you have a friend on the good Reuben James

 

Well, a hundred men went down in that dark watery grave

When that good ship went down only forty-four were saved.

'Twas the last day of October we saved the forty-four

From the cold ocean waters and the cold icy shore.

 

It was there in the dark of that uncertain night

That we watched for the U-boats and waited for a fight.

Then a whine and a rock and a great explosion roared

And they laid the Reuben James on that cold ocean floor.

 

Now tonight there are lights in our country so bright

In the farms and in the cities they're telling of the fight.

And now our mighty battleships will steam the bounding main

And remember the name of that good Reuben James.

 

Words and Music by Woody Guthrie

© 1942 (renewed) by MCA Music Publishing, Inc.

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Ships, ships and more ships...

 

What about the Reuban James?

 

The Sinking Of The Reuben James

 

Have you heard of a ship called the good Reuben James

Manned by hard fighting men both of honor and fame?

She flew the Stars and Stripes of the land of the free

But tonight she's in her grave at the bottom of the sea.

 

Tell me what were their names, tell me what were their names,

Did you have a friend on the good Reuben James?

What were their names, tell me, what were their names?

Did you have a friend on the good Reuben James

 

Well, a hundred men went down in that dark watery grave

When that good ship went down only forty-four were saved.

'Twas the last day of October we saved the forty-four

From the cold ocean waters and the cold icy shore.

 

It was there in the dark of that uncertain night

That we watched for the U-boats and waited for a fight.

Then a whine and a rock and a great explosion roared

And they laid the Reuben James on that cold ocean floor.

 

Now tonight there are lights in our country so bright

In the farms and in the cities they're telling of the fight.

And now our mighty battleships will steam the bounding main

And remember the name of that good Reuben James.

 

Words and Music by Woody Guthrie

© 1942 (renewed) by MCA Music Publishing, Inc.

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Ain't that the theme to the Beverly Hillbillies?

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Ain't that the theme to the Beverly Hillbillies?

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No. I wrote that. My scruggs were flat, and I needed money. That, and someone to do my homework.

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I've read this thread twice.  I give up.  Can't understand any of it.  Must be a generational thing.  Nope - can't be that. Lana doesn't get it either.....

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Yeah, i gave up trying to understand it after the first couple of pages. :w00t:

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You (from what I saw in person) and Lana (from her pictures) both appear to be in your early to possiby mid twenties.

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Aw, Bill you are such a charmer. <_<

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Ships, ships and more ships...

 

What about the Reuban James?

 

The Sinking Of The Reuben James

 

Have you heard of a ship called the good Reuben James

Manned by hard fighting men both of honor and fame?

She flew the Stars and Stripes of the land of the free

But tonight she's in her grave at the bottom of the sea.

 

Tell me what were their names, tell me what were their names,

Did you have a friend on the good Reuben James?

What were their names, tell me, what were their names?

Did you have a friend on the good Reuben James

 

Well, a hundred men went down in that dark watery grave

When that good ship went down only forty-four were saved.

'Twas the last day of October we saved the forty-four

From the cold ocean waters and the cold icy shore.

 

It was there in the dark of that uncertain night

That we watched for the U-boats and waited for a fight.

Then a whine and a rock and a great explosion roared

And they laid the Reuben James on that cold ocean floor.

 

Now tonight there are lights in our country so bright

In the farms and in the cities they're telling of the fight.

And now our mighty battleships will steam the bounding main

And remember the name of that good Reuben James.

 

Words and Music by Woody Guthrie

© 1942 (renewed) by MCA Music Publishing, Inc.

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Good tune, read a book about the uboats destroying many ships off the eastern seaboard from north carolina to florida...Towns and cities with lights on silloquetting merchant vessels at night, made the job easy for the germans...People would notice the explosians and didn't know it was the germans attacking right off the U.S. eastern seaboard....U boat's were affecting supplies to england and going to change possible outcome of the war...Luckily,, hitler ordered the uboats back to europe, around norway I believe...The uboat commander could'nt believe the success they were having and then having to leave...

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lol, where do you get that from?

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My guess is he's heard it once or a thousand times before. Just a guess mind you.

Cute puppy, LK6

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lol, where do you get that from?

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Actually, if I recall...I started it. Or you did. Or somebody did.

 

BTW, talk to AJ about a movie I told him about. I think you might like it.

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Actually, if I recall...I started it. Or you did. Or somebody did.

 

BTW, talk to AJ about a movie I told him about. I think you might like it.

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Doesn't matter anymore who started it. <_<

 

K, Which movie is it??

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