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Re: The Flat Earth?

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From: Clive D.W. Feather
Date: Wed, 03 May 1995 00:00
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In article <cas.615.000B4C91@ops1.bwi.wec.com>,
Bob Casanova <cas@ops1.bwi.wec.com> wrote:
>>    The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down,
>>    of the big lake they called Gitchegoomee.
>>    The lake it is said never gives up its dead,
>>    when the winds of November come early.
> Actually, "when the skies of November turn gloomy.", but who's counting...
>>     -- Gordon Lightfoot, "The Wreck of the Edmond Fitzgerald" 

Actually, I think both wordings occur at different points, but I haven't
heard it for several months. [Here's a co-incidence: I only ever hear it
on the radio when I'm in the San Jose area.]

-- 
Clive D.W. Feather     | If you lie to the compiler, it will get its revenge.
clive@stdc.demon.co.uk |   - Henry Spencer
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From: clive@stdc.demon.co.uk (Clive D.W. Feather)
Subject: Re: The Flat Earth?
Date: 1995/05/03
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