Democrats should take a page from the Nixon book

Down in Florida, and now Georgia, we have more evidence that the Democrats are engaging in the worst kind of chicanery about counting votes.  They want all votes counted while suggesting that they have not been.  In fact, the votes were counted, or at least the ones that were legally cast under the rules.

As in the 2000 election, the Democrats are playing games without regard to what all this does to a democracy.  The Democrats’ partisan words mean that the winner will walk into the job with half of the state believing that he is illegitimate.  

How many more of these moments can we have before we become a banana republic?  Not many.  The beauty of a democracy is that the loser accepts results and wishes the best to the winner.  Anything else is poisonous!

My suggestion to Democrats is to put the country first, as the late President Richard M. Nixon did after a very close election.

In 1960, the country voted and we did not know the verdict until the next day.  Eventually. VP Nixon lost to Senator Kennedy by 114,000 votes (out of 76 million cast) and 303-219 in the Electoral College.

Many years later, I was taking a political science class and we looked back at that election.  My professor said two things that I’ll never forget:   It was closer than close and thank God for VP Nixon’s mature response.

Let’s remember that amazing election and the day after:   

The New York Times called the election for then-Senator Kennedy just before midnight on November 8, 1960. 

NBC News didn’t call the race until 7 a.m. the following morning. 

All night, the newly empowered national television networks had forecast that Kennedy was leading, but in a race that was too close to call.

That’s correct.  It was too close to call into the next morning.  Many people fell asleep watching a close election and woke up with the same reality.

None of that happened in Florida and Georgia.  We had candidates declared winners and some even conceded.  Now, the losers are taking back their concessions.

Nixon had many arguments about the voting in Chicago, Texas and other areas.  He could have easily thrown the country into political chaos by refusing to accept defeat.   

He did not and that’s the lesson that some Democrats should learn today.

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Wednesday's video: Trump meets Biden and a few other stories

It's Latino, not Latinex

It's Latino, not Latinex: As my late mother used to say, reality will eventually hit you between the eyes. She was a lot less diplomatic in how she said it in Spanish but we got the point. I think she would scream at a Democrats today: I'm Latina not Latinex, or Latinx, 

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— Silvio Canto. Jr. (@silvio_canto) November 13, 2024

 

As my late mother used to say, reality will eventually hit you between the eyes. She was a lot less diplomatic in how she said it in Spanish but we got the point. I think she would scream at a Democrats today: I’m Latina not Latinex, or Latinx, or whatever they want to call it, you fool, or something like that.

The Democrats had a bad day last Tuesday as more and more Hispanics voted GOP. Even The Dallas Morning News had to print an editorial about it. This is what they wrote:

While Democrats are still taking a hard look in the mirror after their devastating election night, they need to absorb an important lesson: Question your assumptions.

There have been a lot of headlines about Democrats losing the “Latino vote.” We would venture another explanation. There is no Latino vote. There are millions upon millions of independent-thinking individuals of Latin American origin who have different points of view and vote accordingly.

Well, that’s true. Latinos or Hispanics are different because we came here for different reasons. Our grandmother may speak Spanish or watch the nightly “telenovela” but we are different.

At the same time, we are the same in many ways. We love an opportunity society rather than handouts. We love the rule of law because we experienced banana republic tactics directly. We are not for open borders because it’s messy and illegal. We want good schools, safe streets, and the same things that everybody wants. This is why school choice is popular among Hispanics — because they want a good education for their kids.

Last, but not least, we are conservative on family values from abortion to men playing in girls’ sports.

To paraphrase the late Dr. Martin Luther King, judge my children because of the content of their character, not their skin color. In this case, it is something like judge me on my person but not my last name.

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We remember Buck O'Neill (1911-2006)

The great Buck O'Neill was born in Florida on this day in 1911.  He died in 2006.

Most baseball fans were introduced to the late Buck O'Neill in Ken Burns' baseball series. Buck related so many stories of the old Negro Leagues.

O'Neill was a pretty good player in the Negro Leagues' greatest team, the Kansas City Monarchs.

O'Neill won't get in the Hall of Fame because of stats. He did not hit titanic home runs like Josh Gibson or cut down batters like Satchel Paige.

Buck gets my vote because he became a wonderful ambassador for baseball with kids.    For example, he came to Dallas and spoke to inner city kids about integrity, character, and even playing baseball for a living.   It's hard to think of a greater spokesman for the game than the late Buck O'Neill!

Let's hope that the writers put him in next year!

I should add that baseball created The Buck O'Neill Award in 2008.  

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We remember Mel Stottlemyre (1941-2019)

We remember Mel Stottlemyre who was born in 1941 and pitched for the Yankees, 1964-74.   He died in 2019.

Stottlemyre pitched during a very difficult time for the Yankees.   He came up in 1964 and pitched very well for the AL Champs.   Unfortunately, he never pitched for another contender after that.    In fact, the Yankees did not return to the post season until 1976. 

Stottlemyre won 164, completed 152, threw 40 shutouts and retired with a fantastic 2.97 ERA.   Wonder how many games he'd won with better Yankee teams?   It's hard to say but 250 is a real possibility.   

After baseball, Mel served as pitching coach for the Yankees.

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1982: The Vietnam War Memorial Wall

On this day in 1982, the Vietnam War Memorial Wall went up in Washington DC.   It was a tribute to the 57,939 Americans who died in the conflict.  The names of the men are arranged in order of death.

It is an amazing place to visit, specially for those who remember that very controversial war.

My favorite book about the Vietnam War was written by President Nixon in 1983 after leaving office.

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Tuesday's video: Rubio for State, Texas not blue and more

Dollars didn’t make Texas blue… again

Dollars didn’t make Texas blue… again: Another Texas election and a bunch of Democrats asking:  Why didn’t money and TV ads persuade Texas?  After all, our TV screens were bombarded with anti-Cruz abortion ads.  We were also constantly reminded that President Trump is...

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— Silvio Canto. Jr. (@silvio_canto) November 12, 2024

Another Texas election and a bunch of Democrats asking:  Why didn’t money and TV ads persuade Texas?  After all, our TV screens were bombarded with anti-Cruz abortion ads.  We were also constantly reminded that President Trump is a felon who led an insurrection to overthrow the U.S. government.  In the end, Trump and Cruz won easily, and the Democrat party state chairman resigned.

The blue wave didn’t hit Texas.  What happened?

Well, let’s start with the Biden presidency.  Very unpopular here.  It was no better for Kamala Harris, who never even visited our border cities or took seriously her border czar position.  The border issue was so bad that the GOP scored historic gains with Hispanics in border counties.

So what’s next for Democrats?  It will be tough, as we learned from Congressman Allred, who challenged Senator Cruz.  Allred has a profile that should win in Texas—he’s got a nice family image, and he’s a former NFL player and Baylor star.  So what happened?  Well, let me share this from Bill King:

First, the abortion issue flopped again for Democrats. In devising their strategy, Democrats read too much into polls that showed a wide majority of Texans oppose the abortion ban, at least in its current form. Texans are particularly opposed to the failure of the law to include an exception for rape and incest. A recent University of Texas poll found that 78% of Texans supported such an exception, at least, at some point during pregnancy.

However, if they had read that same poll a little more closely, they would have also learned that only 4% of Texans identified abortion as the most important issue in the election. Women and voters under 30 were only slightly higher at 6%. The economy and inflation were identified as the most important issue by a third of the respondents, with virtually no difference between men and women (35% vs. 32%). Immigration was the second highest at 14%. Abortion was a distant eighth.

Also, women under 30 make up only about a million of Texas’ 18 million registered voters and, of course, a fair number of those are pro-life. So, it is hard to understand how anyone ever thought this was going to be a winning strategy.

King goes on to explain how attacking the oil and gas industry is a loser in a state where thousands work in that field, especially Hispanics in South Texas.  Furthermore, Allred was never able to explain why he voted in favor of boys playing in girls’ sports, but then ran TV ads saying that he didn’t believe in it.  Why did he vote for it?  He can thank Speaker Pelosi for forcing Democrats to vote on issues like that.

As 2026 approaches, and a governor’s race is coming, who can the Democrats count on?  It won’t be Beto O’Rourke, because I think that donors must be tired of writing him checks.  It won’t be Collin Allred, unless he does a massive transition to the center and deletes all of those votes from history.  It won’t be one of the Castro brothers from San Antonio, because they can’t compete in rural areas.

The party is in trouble down here and that’s the truth.

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Happy # 79 Neil Young

We say happy birthday to Neil Young, one of our favorite rock performers.   Neil was born in Toronto on this day in 1945.   He recorded with Buffalo Springfield, Crosby Stills Nash & Young and on his own.     

"Heart of gold" is one of my real favorites....

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November 1970: "Lonely Days" by Bee Gees

The Brothers Gibb's story has a few chapters.  We've enjoyed each one of them!

Chapter 1 took place in Australia circa 1964-66 where they sang as kids and even recorded a few songs.

Chapter 2 is when they exploded on the US and world charts in 1967.  They recorded international hits like "Massachusetts", "I started a joke" and "To love somebody". (My favorite is still "Holiday")

Chapter 3 is when they split up. Thankfully, it was very short!

Chapter 4 was the "reunion" of late 1970.  It started with "Lonely Days" and a very interesting "Two years on" album. Shortly after, it was followed by "How can you mend a broken heart" and "Run to me".

Chapter 5 is everything from "Jive Talkin", to "Too much heaven" and the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack in between.  It was their most successful chapter.  It certainly sold a lot of records!

Chapter 6 were the solo efforts of the 1980's. It also included the songs and production of albums for Barbra Streisand ("Guilty"), Kenny Rogers ("Islands in the stream") and Dionne Warwick ("Heartbreaker').

Chapter 7 was a collection of nice albums up to Maurice's unfortunate death in 2003 and Robin dying in 2012.

"Lonely Days" is from Chapter 4 and released in November 1970.   It was one of the best harmonies in rock music.

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The week in review with Bill Katz, the editor of Urgent Agenda

 

Monday's video: Happy Veterans Day and the latest stories

The wedding ring and the election

The wedding ring and the election: The projected Roe wave, a pro-abortion tsunami of angry women, did not happen. Yes, there are angry liberal women among us but they did not change the election one way or another. In the end, it was the battle of married vs unmarried women….

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— Silvio Canto. Jr. (@silvio_canto) November 11, 2024

 The projected Roe wave, a pro-abortion tsunami of angry women, did not happen. Yes, there are angry liberal women among us but they did not change the election one way or another.

In the end, it was the battle of married vs unmarried women. Let’s check it out:

But while the gap between men and women actually shrank this year, another gap widened. In 2020, married voters narrowly chose President Donald Trump by a 7-point, 53% to 46% margin. This year that margin grew to 13 points at 56% to 43%.

For all the talk of Trump’s problem with women, Trump actually won married women by three points, 51 to 48. To repeat, Trump won a majority of not just married white women, but a majority of all married women. 

Trump also handily won married men 60-38 and he even eked out a victory among unmarried men 49-47. Where Trump got crushed was among unmarried women, who chose Harris (who didn’t get married until age 50, by the way) by a 60-38 margin.

Well cue Dean Martin’s “Chapel in the Moonlight.”

This marriage gap is going to be a bigger issue as we learn that more and more women will be single and childless in the future. Don’t get me wrong, because I respect women’s choices. Nevertheless, married and unmarried women will make different decisions, from paying taxes to building schools to being concerned about their sons going to war.

Last, but not least, we saw another “miss” from the talking heads. They told us that everything was abortion for women. Well, it wasn’t, and it was a wedding ring that drove the vote. 

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We remember George Patton (1885-1945)

Am I the only one who finds this historical fact interesting? There is something very interesting about this story.

We remember George Patton, one of the great military men in US history.   He was born in San Gabriel, California on this day in 1885.     Coincidentally, we remember this day as Veterans Day, or the day to recall those who served.

During WWII, Patton led the Allies to victory in the invasion of Sicily, and was instrumental to the liberation of Germany from the Nazis.

He died on December 21, 1945 in Heidelberg, Germany.

In 1970, a great movie came out about ‘Patton”.    Just recently, Bill O’Reilly wrote about “Killing Patton“.

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Baseball and Veterans Day!

(My new American Thinker post)

The Gods of baseball rekindled my love for baseball. I got a bit soured a few months ago when a weak commissioner couldn’t stand up to the wokes. He should have told the wokes to go to an “expletive deleted” place or he’d have Bob Feller threw a fastball at their neck. Trust me. A Bob Feller inside pitch is probably scarier than to hear that there is a drone with a missile looking for you.

In the end, the Gods of Baseball put the commissioner in his place and we can enjoy the game we love. As a kid, I grew up playing baseball in Cuba. My love affair got stronger when we came here and go to play ball in the US. A few weeks ago, we all became Braves fans just to see Atlanta get the trophy and stick it in the eyes of the wokish commissioner.

Baseball is back and so is its rich history to recall on this day that we remember the men and women who wore the uniform of the US.

Bob Feller, the Hall of Fame pitcher, died in 2010. He was one of many professional athletes who served in World War II. We remember Feller, what he accomplished on the field, and his sense of patriotism:

Just days after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Feller put aside his 3-C draft deferment status and enlisted in the US Navy. With this selfless act, he gave up nearly four seasons of baseball in the prime of his career. But Feller had no regrets.

“I'm proud of that decision to enlist,” Feller said. “It was important to serve your country. I didn't worry about losing my baseball career. We needed to win the war. I wanted to do my part.”

At the conclusion of the war, Feller returned to the game and picked up right where he left off, averaging more than 19 wins a season over the next six years. Bobby Doerr recalled: “Bob was just a regular, solid person. He was the same guy, all the time. He gave his opinions and he said what he thought. He didn’t hedge around anything. He was one of the top pitchers I saw in my time. He was timed at 100 miles per hour and he had a real good curve ball. You had to always be alert with him. He was a real competitor.”

At the time of his passing on Dec. 15, 2010, Feller had been a Hall of Famer for more years than anyone in history – having earned election in 1962.

Dennis Eckersley summed it up best when he said: “Bob was truly a great American and a great ambassador for the game of baseball.”

Like so many of you, I say “thanks” to all of the veterans on Veterans Day. It is the day that we salute the millions of fellow citizens who serve or served in the US Armed Forces.

It is a day to salute and say thanks. It is also a good day to remember who has fought and continues to fight, to defend our way of life.

Happy Veterans Day!

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Happy Veterans' Day and remembering the vets from World War I

Today, we remember every man and woman who has worn the military uniform, from the Revolutionary War to Iraq.

We should pay special attention this year to the few remaining members who served in World War I.

After all, WWI ended years ago today.

There are very few left, as you can see in this post today:

"Photographer David DeJonge plans to capture a vanishing bit of history Tuesday on a trip to Arlington National Cemetery near Washington.
There he hopes to photograph 107-year-old Frank Buckles -- one of the few men still alive who fought in World War I. Buckles will lay a wreath at the grave of Gen. John J. "Black Jack" Pershing, who led U.S. forces in Europe in World War I." (A Race to Honor World War I Vets)

Our thanks to all for their service and commitment to freedom!    We remember the "citizen soldier".

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Remembering a veteran who just passed away

(My new American Thinker post)

We've done our share of political posts and criticism of today's political class.

Let's remember the passing of a hero on Veterans Day.  We are losing too many of these WW2 veterans.  Let's not forget their heroism.

We learned that John Hawk, an Army sergeant in World War II who was awarded the Medal of Honor died.  He was 89.

This is his from The NY Times obituary: 

"Two months after the Allies landed in Normandy in the D-Day invasion of June 6, 1944, they trapped thousands of retreating Germans near the town of Falaise, some 20 miles south of Caen, in what became known as the Falaise Pocket.       

Sergeant Hawk, a 20-year-old squad leader in a 90th Infantry Division rifle company, was dug in with his men at the edge of an apple orchard outside Chambois, near Falaise, when German infantrymen, supported by tanks, staged a dawn attack on Aug. 20.   

"My God, the sky was falling down, the earth was blowing up, and if ever there was a hell on earth, this was it," he told The Boston Globe in 1995. "I thought, honest to God, I won't survive. My philosophy was, they may get me, but I ain't gonna make it easy. It was absolute carnage: animals, people, equipment, an incomprehensible slaughterhouse."  

Sergeant Hawk rallied his men to keep the Germans from escaping the Falaise Pocket. His squad's machine-gun fire sent several German tanks retreating while two American tank destroyers -- armored vehicles with big guns designed specifically to wipe out enemy tanks -- were called in.   

But the tank destroyers could not spot the German tanks, which were in a wooded area. So Sergeant Hawk, though wounded in the thigh, climbed alone to an elevated spot in the orchard where he could see them.   

He pinpointed the German tank positions for the American tank destroyers, first shouting firing directions to their crews and then, when the roar of battle made it impossible for him to be heard, resorting to hand signals, becoming a "human aiming stake," in the words of the Medal of Honor citation.   

The tank destroyers, whistling gunfire over Sergeant Hawk's head while the German armor fired from the opposite direction, wiped out two German tanks and sent others fleeing, leading to a mass surrender.  

Sergeant Hawk, darting from one spot to another in that orchard, escaped being hit a second time that day, but he was wounded three more times during the war.  On June 21, 1945, he received the Medal of Honor from President Harry S. Truman for, as the citation put it, his role in "crushing two desperate attempts of the enemy to escape from the Falaise Pocket and for taking more than 500 prisoners." 

It's amazing to me how men of humble origins rose to the occasion and served the country with distinction.This is why their stories must be repeated for the new generations to hear and apprecaite.

RIP Sergeant Hawk.  Thanks for your service.   

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Happy Veterans Day

We take a minute and salute the veterans Veterans' Day.

The history of Veterans Day is as follows:

"Veterans Day, formerly known as Armistice Day, was originally set as a U.S. legal holiday to honor the end of World War I, which officially took place on November 11, 1918. In legislation that was passed in 1938, November 11 was "dedicated to the cause of world peace and to be hereafter celebrated and known as 'Armistice Day.'"

As such, this new legal holiday honored World War I veterans.

In 1954, after having been through both World War II and the Korean War, the 83rd U.S. Congress -- at the urging of the veterans service organizations -- amended the Act of 1938 by striking out the word "Armistice" and inserting the word "Veterans."

With the approval of this legislation on June 1, 1954, Nov. 11 became a day to honor American veterans of all wars."

It's a special day to salute a veterans and say "thanks"!   And we remember the "citizen soldiers":



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Looking back at the US elections with Barry Casselman, The Prairie Editor

Guest:   Barry Casselman, The Prairie Editor.  

We will look at the results of the 2024 election and other stories:

Sunday's video: US-Mexico and President Trump

CANTO TALK podcasts of the week

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Make my day and move out

Make my day and move out: Once upon a time, I heard a neighbor tell a story about their teenage son.  Apparently, the young man was a bit rebellious and kept threatening to move out.  One day, his dad said…

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— Silvio Canto. Jr. (@silvio_canto) November 10, 2024

Once upon a time, I heard a neighbor tell a story about their teenage son.  Apparently, the young man was a bit rebellious and kept threatening to move out.  One day, his dad said “make my day and move out.”  

Later I learned that he did move out but came back when he realized that paying rent was part of moving out.

Anyway, I learned today that a lot of our fellow Americans want out. 

This is the story:

More than 50% of voters for Vice President Kamala Harris say they want to move following Trump’s victory in the 2024 presidential election, according to a survey commissioned by StorageUnits.com.

Storage Units surveyed 1,837 Harris voters on Nov. 6 to determine how many would like to relocate – and who actually plans to – and the top concerns of those who voted against Trump.

Of those surveyed, 44% would like to move, but probably won’t, while 5% said they will definitely move and another 5% said they probably will. Those who would like to move, but probably won’t, cited personal finances, family and community ties as reasons they will stay in place.

O.K. You got it. 

They hate Trump. They hated President Bush too and none left the country when he won reelection in 2004.  

So what’s going on?  We have too many silly and crazy people among us.  They’ve invested all of their hopes and dreams in destroying Trump and now wake up to a reality that they can’t cope with.

In a normal world, such a person would seek counseling and help.  In liberal land, they sit around and pretend that they are leaving us if the Evil Orange Man wins.

Please move out and stay away. The country will not miss you.   

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1965: Mays and Koufax battled for the NL MVP

In 1965, Sandy Koufax and Willie Mays had superb seasons.   It showed on the MVP balloting.     

Eventually, Willie Mays, who hit 52 home runs & 112 RBI,  was named National League Most Valuable Player.  

Mays received 224 and Koufax got  177.

Sandy Koufax won 26 plus a 2.04 ERA & 382 K's.  Koufax was indeed indispensable that year for the LA Dodgers who beat the Twins in the Series.

The MVP decision was correct.  The award should go to every day players, like Mays.  

Two great players but Mays was the MVP.  Koufax won the Cy Young.

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November 1976: A song about a real Great Lakes tragedy!

It wasn't The Titanic but I remember this terrible shipwreck many years ago:

"The Edmund Fitzgerald was lost with her entire crew of 29 men on Lake Superior November 10, 1975..." (GLSM)

The tragedy shocked the nation.  It also reminded us of the size of Lake Superior, one of the Great Lakes of North America.

A few days ago, there was a memorial to remember the crew.

Gordon Lightfoot wrote and recorded this great song a year later.

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"The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down

Of the big lake they call Gitche Gumee

The lake, it is said, never gives up her dead

When the skies of November turn gloomy.

With a load of iron ore - 26,000 tons more

Than the Edmund Fitzgerald weighed empty

That good ship and true was a bone to be chewed

When the gales of November came early

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 the 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 ships bell rang

Could it be the North Wind they'd been feeling.

The wind in the wires made a tattletale sound

And a wave broke over the railing

And every man knew, as the Captain did, too,

T'was the witch of November come stealing.

The dawn came late and the breakfast had to wait

When the gales of November came slashing

When afternoon came it was freezing rain

In the face of a hurricane West Wind

When supper time came the old cook came on deck

Saying fellows it's too rough to feed ya

At 7PM a main hatchway caved in

He said fellas it's been good to know ya.

The Captain wired in he had water coming in

And the good ship and crew was in peril

And later that night when his lights went out of sight

Came the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.

Does anyone know where the love of God goes

When the waves turn the minutes to hours

The searchers all say they'd have made Whitefish Bay

If they'd put fifteen more miles behind her.

They might have split up or they might have capsized

They may have broke deep and took water

And all that remains is the faces and the names

Of the wives and the sons and the daughters.

Lake Huron rolls, Superior sings

In the ruins 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.

In a musty old hall in Detroit they prayed

In the Maritime Sailors' Cathedral

The church bell chimed, 'til it rang 29 times

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 say, never gives up her dead

When the gales of November come early.

© 1976 Moose Music, Inc."