Lightfoot considered this song to be his finest work. The ship was the edmund fitzgerald, which lost 29 souls, and lightfoot would soon sing, the ship was the pride of the american side, creating an iconic song. According to the detroit free press, gordon's song the wreck of the edmund fitzgerald was an unlikely hit, so why did he write it Gordon wrote the song as a way to honor the 29 men who died on the ss edmund fitzgerald.
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