#2910: The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
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[Cueball is holding a guitar and singing on a pier. Two pairs of connected eighth notes are on the left and right of Cueball, as well as a detached eighth note on his right. Three seagulls fly in the background on his left. Four pillars of the pier and the water below it are also shown. Throughout the comic, alternate pairs of lines of the song are indented as indicated below.]
Cueball:
The ship was the pride
of the American side
It was due to set
sail for Cleveland
As the big freighters go,
it was bigger than most
With a crew and good
captain well seasoned
[Zoom on Cueball facing to his right, still holding the guitar, without the pier, water, and seagulls. A pair of connected eighth notes to his right, a half note and a detached eighth note to his left.]
Cueball:
But taking a walk on
the shore by the dock
Was a songwriter named
Gordon Lightfoot
He was humming a tune
but it didn't have words
For it's challenging
trying to write good
[Close-up on Cueball's face. A quarter note and a pair of connected eighth notes to his right, a detached eighth note and a quarter note to his left.]
Cueball:
Poor Gordon sought glory
but needed a story
His career in folk
music imperiled
He mulled over this as
he watched them do work
On the hull of the
Edmund Fitzgerald
[Zoom back to second panel. Cueball is now facing to his left. A pair of connected eighth notes to Cueball's right, a separated eighth note and a pair of connected eighth notes to his left.]
Cueball:
Perhaps it was wrong,
what he did for a song
He should never have
bribed that mechanic
But his maritime crimes
are no worse than the time
Young James Cameron
sank the Titanic
(Sourced from explainxkcd.com)
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