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• White_Squall_(song) abstract "White Squall is a 1984 song by Stan Rogers, about a young crewman being washed overboard (and presumably drowning) from a Great Lakes ship, due to not following safety procedures. It is the 1st track on his posthumous CD From Fresh Water. The song was also covered by Enter the Haggis on their 2011 album Whitelake.The narrator is an older sailor, who well knows the sudden weather changes upon the Great Lakes: Now it's a thing that us old-timers know, in the sultry summer calm; There comes a blow from nowhere, and it goes off like a bomb! And a 15,000-tonner can be thrown upon her beam, While the gale takes all before it with a scream.While he laments it being "Just my luck to have the watch", he wistfully relates the story of a naïve, eager younger sailor. While the story gradually builds to its inevitable climax, each repeated chorus alludes to the tragedy to come: But I told that kid a hundred times, Don't take the Lakes for granted! They go from calm to 100 knots so fast they seem enchanted. But tonight some red-eyed Wiarton girl lies starin' at the wall, And her lover's gone into a white squall.As promised, the white squall strikes the ship, and the younger man is swept overboard, while the narrator watches helplessly, unable to move for fear of losing his own life. The song is then brought full circle to the first verse, which seems to haunt the narrator's thoughts as he repeats: So it's just my luck to have the watch with nothing left to do But watch the deadly waters glide as we roll north to The Sault. And wonder when they'll turn again, and pitch us to the rail, And whirl off one more youngster in the gale.In the final repeat of the chorus, the narrator changes the lyric to, "And I tell these kids a hundred times, don't take the Lakes for granted", implying that this tale may be one of several deaths that he has witnessed over the years.Full song:[The town of Wiarton is situated at the mouth of one of the deepest Great LakePorts. For years, over 30% of the Captains and First Mates employed in shippingOn the Lakes came from this quiet fishing town in the Bruce Peninsula. ThereAre very few families in the town, even now, who have not lost a closeRelative to the fury of the lakes.] Now it's just my luck to have the watch, with nothing left to do, But watch the deadly waters glide as we roll north to the 'Soo', And wonder when they'll turn again and pitch us to the rail, And whirl off one more youngster in the gale. The kid was so damned eager. It was all so big and new. You never had to tell him twice, or find him work to do. And evenings on the mess deck he was always first to sing, And show us pictures of the girl he'd wed in spring.CHORUS: [But I told that kid a hundred times "Don't take the Lakes for granted. They go from calm to a hundred knots so fast they seem enchanted." But tonight some red-eyed Wiarton girl lies staring at the wall, And her lover's gone into a white squall.] Now it's a thing that us old-timers know. In a sultry summer calm, There comes a blow from nowhere, and it goes off like a bomb. And a fifteen thousand tonner can be thrown upon her beam, While the gale takes all before it with a scream. The kid was on the hatches, lying staring at the sky. From where I stood I swear I could see tears fall from his eyes. So I hadn't the heart to tell him that he should be on a line, Even on a night so warm and fine.CHORUS When it struck, he sat up with a start; I roared to him, "Get down!" But for all that he could hear, I could as well not made a sound. So, I clung there to the stanchions, and I felt my face go pale, As he crawled hand over hand along the rail. I could feel her keeling over with the fury of the blow. I watched the rail go under then, so terrible and slow. Then, like some great dog she shook herself and roared upright again. Far overside. I heard him call my name.CHORUS So it's just my luck to have the watch, with nothing left to do, But watch the deadly waters glide as we roll north to the 'Soo', And wonder when they'll turn again and pitch us to the rail, And whirl off one more youngster in the gale. But I tell these kids a hundred times "Don't take the Lakes for granted. They go from calm to a hundred knots so fast they seem enchanted. But tonight some red-eyed Wiarton girl lies staring at the wall, And her lover's gone into a white squall.".
• White_Squall_(song) album From_Fresh_Water.
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