Making fun of music, one song at a time. Since the year 2000.
Check out the two amIright misheard lyrics books including one book devoted to misheard lyrics of the 1980s.
(Toggle Right Side Navigation)

Song Parodies -> "If Julia W Howe Wrote Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald"

Original Song Title:

"Battle Hymn of the Republic"

Original Performer:

Julia Ward Howe

Parody Song Title:

"If Julia W Howe Wrote Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald"

Parody Written by:

Patrick McWilliams

The Lyrics

The series goes marching on.
Do you see the Ed Fitzgerald sailing proudly cross the lake
With a crew of able seamen and a load of ore to take
To the steel mill at Zug Island*, an old record speed to break
The Fitz goes sailing on!

Glory, glory what a story!
'Til it started getting gory
Never reached the other shore-y
The mighty Fitz went down

The largest ship to sail the lake when launched in 'fifty-eight
She carried products from the mines at a most prodigious rate
Until one night in 'seventy-five she met an awful fate
The mighty Fitz went down

In the darkness of the evening sudden squalls began to form
The giant vessel soon became the plaything of the storm
Just a few more miles and she'd have reached a refuge, safe and warm
The mighty Fitz went down

Freighter vanished without warning
Friends and family in mourning
Legend of the lake a-borning
As mighty Fitz went down

As a rogue wave swamped the hatches and the hull began to split
The Fitz began to break in two, a bolt of lightning hit
The final words the captain said were without a doubt "Oh shit!"*
When mighty Fitz went down

The dead of Lake Superior lie ever in their graves
The epitaph of ship and crew are written on the waves
While a poet, in some lines of verse, her memory he saves
The mighty Fitz lives on

Wind and rain and hail and thunder
Tore the giant ship asunder
Act of God, or human blunder?
The mighty Fitz went down
*Zug Island, near Detroit was the port where the ore would be unloaded, Cleveland was where the Edmund Fitzgerald was to spend the winter.
* A friend once told me that the final words from airplane cockpits just before a crash were something similar to this. I once slid on an icy street and bumped into a parked car. My sister-in-law was driving a school bus on a hill when it skidded into a snow drift. We both used the same four letter expression. I can imagine the crew of the ship were no different.

Your Vote & Comment Counts

The parody authors spend a lot of time writing parodies for the website and they appreciate feedback in the form of votes and comments. Please take some time to leave a comment below about this parody.

Place Your Vote

 LittleLots
Matches Pace of
Original Song: 
How Funny: 
Overall Score: 



In order for your vote to count, you need to hit the 'Place Your Vote' button.
 

Voting Results

 
Pacing: 5.0
How Funny: 5.0
Overall Rating: 5.0

Total Votes: 5

Voting Breakdown

The following represent how many people voted for each category.

    Pacing How Funny Overall Rating
 1   0
 0
 0
 
 2   0
 0
 0
 
 3   0
 0
 0
 
 4   0
 0
 0
 
 5   5
 5
 5
 

User Comments

Comments are subject to review, and can be removed by the administration of the site at any time and for any reason.

Porfle Popnecker - August 24, 2011 - Report this comment
Poignantly funny.
Thomas - August 24, 2011 - Report this comment
Hillarious.

The author of the parody has authorized comments, and wants YOUR feedback.

Link To This Page

The address of this page is: http://www.amiright.com/parody/misc/juliawardhowe12.shtml For help, see the examples of how to link to this page.

This is view # 1197