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Originally Posted by 2x3x29x41
Eh.
I see no point in that.
It's a song, not a documentary. While I find the boats parlance to be interesting, for mass public consumption the term would be confusing and/or odd. Poetic license is not a bad thing.
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Mr. Gordon Lightfoot took heat for a few things in original ballad of Edmund Fitzgerald. Subsequently changes are made when he performs song live or since recording.
"Musty old hall in Detroit" got people riled up because the place isn't any such thing, and they let him know.
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