Ballad of Yarmouth Castle - guitar chords and comments
Lyrics without distraction HERE
Bound for Nassau, the mainly wooden built (1927) steamship "Yarmouth Castle" caught fire and went down on November 13th 1965, causing the death of 90 passengers. Gord wrote this ballad about the tragedy, curiously not mentioning the horrible safety conditions aboard, which after the investigation prompted new laws regarding safety at sea, the SOLAS.Am C G well it's four o'clock in the afternoon and the anchors have been weighed Am Em Am from Miami to Nassau she's bound across the waves Am C G she'll be heading south through Biscayne Bay into the open sea Am G Am Yarmouth Castle she is dying and don't know it
The bio I leave You with the icon at the bottom doesn't mention that Gordon Meredith Lightfoot Jr. [CC OOnt], born November 1938, died of natural causes at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto on May 1, 2023, at the age of 84.
Bless him ... and all canadian folk singers!
Bless him ... and all canadian folk singers!
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