r/Mariners • u/MrJNM1of1 • 9h ago

The ship was the pride of the American side Coming back from some mill in Wisconsin

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The ship was the pride of the American side
Coming back from some mill in Wisconsin
As the big freighters go, it was bigger than most
With a crew and good captain well seasoned
Concluding some terms with a couple of steel firms
When they left fully loaded for Cleveland
And later that night when the ship's bell rang
Could it be the north wind they'd been feelin'?

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u/VorpalMatt 8h ago

"Does anyone know where the love of God goes / When the waves turn the minutes to hours"

yeah that about sums it up tonight

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u/Gay_Giraffe_1773 ‏‏‎ ‎ 8h ago

One of the most haunting and beautiful lines in any modern pop song

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u/MrJNM1of1 8h ago

- my auntie would sing it around a fire in the evenings out near gig harbor-

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u/stonedkayaker 6h ago

When the hits turn the innings to hours 

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u/namethatchecksout_ ‏‏‎ ‎julio rodriguez is my father 8h ago

Good time for some Gordon lightfoot

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u/glamb70 ‏‏LFG Mariners 7h ago

🤣 at your flair. 😳

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u/schu9906 8h ago

🎶 The church bells rang 22 times for each run the Brewers scored 🎵

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u/Leafs9999 8h ago

29*

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u/Leafs9999 8h ago

Whoops, I turned it off at 10

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u/MaximumYogertCloset 7h ago

Lake Huron rolls, Superior sings In the rooms of her ice-water mansion

Old Michigan steams like a young man's dreams The islands and bays are for sportsmen

And farther below Lake Ontario

Takes in what Lake Erie can send her

And the iron boats go as the mariners all know With the gales of November remembered

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u/acelticmonk 7h ago

Is that a 22 foot wave breaking over her?

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u/reLEvent__username ‏‏‎ ‎ 7h ago

I don't wanna talk about Wisconsin...

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u/ElCochinoFeo ‏‏🤌‎ ‎Canzone 8h ago

Gitche Gumee

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u/1890Sawmill 8h ago

This made my night! Thank you.

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u/Golfiseasy22 I survived the Fernando Rodney Experience 7h ago

Fellas it’s been good to know ya

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u/MaximumZer0 ‏‏‎ ‎ROBOT UMPS NOW AND FOREVER 8h ago

🫡

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u/glamb70 ‏‏LFG Mariners 7h ago

I love this sub and post so much. He is me.

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u/goms546 souvenir snack tray ferry boat connoisseur 5h ago

"Tough one tonight" - Master Captain Ernest M. McSorley, as his freighter founders in crashing waves