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Our Wedding

The legend lives on from the Chippewa on downOf the big lake they call 'Gitche Gumee'The lake it is said, never gives up her deadWhen the skies of November turn gloomyWith a load of iron ore, twenty six thousand tons moreThan the Edmund Fitzgerald weighed emptyThat good ship and true was a 'bone to be chewed'When the gales of November came earlyThe ship was the pride of the American sideComing back from some mill in WisconsinAs the big freighters go, it was bigger than mostWith a crew and good captain well seasonedConcluding some terms with a couple of steel firmsWhen they left fully loaded for ClevelandThen later that night when the ship's bell rangCould it be the north wind they'd been feelin'?The wind in the wires made a tattle-tale soundWhen the wave broke over the railin'And every man knew, as the captain did too'Twas the witch of November come stealin'The dawn came late and the breakfast had to waitWhen the gales of November came slashin'When afternoon came it was freezing rainIn the face of a hurricane west windWhen suppertime came, the old cook came on deckSayin', "Fellas, it's too rough to feed ya"At 7 p.m. a main hatchway caved inHe said, "Fellas, it's been good to know ya"The captain wired in, he had water comin' inAnd the good ship and crew was in perilAnd later that night when his lights went out of sightCame the wreck of the Edmund FitzgeraldDoes anyone know where the love of God goesWhen the waves turn the minutes to hours?The searchers all say they'd have made Whitefish BayIf they'd put fifteen more miles behind herThey might have split up or they might have capsizedThey may have broke deep and took waterAnd all that remains is the faces and the namesOf the wives and the sons and the daughtersLake Huron rolls, Superior singsIn the rooms of her ice-water mansionOld Michigan steams like a young man's dreamsThe islands and bays are for sportsmenAnd farther below, Lake OntarioTakes in what Lake Erie can send herAnd the iron boats go as the mariners all knowWith the gales of November rememberedIn a musty old hall in Detroit they prayedIn the Maritime Sailors' CathedralThe church bell chimed 'til it rang twenty-nine timesFor each man on the Edmund FitzgeraldThe legend lives on from the Chippewa on downOf the big lake they call, 'Gitche Gumee'Superior, they said, never gives up her deadWhen the gales of November come early

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Braden Bankes

Vicky Lewis

Blaine Fleming

Jackie Hoge

Ryan Fleming

Lauren Styx

Mike Dzierzega

Cailea Styx

Joe Brawner

Rachael Rutledge

John Lavin

Jessica Shriner

Brian Shriner

Desiree Lavin

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For booking at the hotel, all you have to do is click the website link button and adjust the check-in/check-out dates and how many guests there will be. There will be a shuttle service to and from the wedding. Times for the shuttle will be posted in the main lobby the day of the event.

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