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Cold Missouri Water, ballads of heroism and tragedy

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BrerRabbit
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This is a spinoff of the Edmund Fitzgerald thread, in response to this comment:

It seems unfair that other American tragedies don't have a cool theme song.
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There are plenty. First one jumped to mind was this one:

Cold Missouri Waters -James Keelaghan (re the 13 smokejumpers entrapped in the Mann Gulch Fire, story of one of the two survivors, who started a fire and jumped in to save himself, before backburning was known about)

I am sure others have favorites - this one just rips my heart out, same as Edmund Fitzgerald.

[Edited on 11/18/2016 by BrerRabbit]


 
Posted : November 15, 2016 12:21 pm
BlueSky4ever
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I was young and after hearing Bob Dylan talk about Woody Guthrie I went and looked him up. When I found one of his albums I listened to this song.

1913 Massacre by Woody Guthrie


 
Posted : November 17, 2016 5:27 pm
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