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What is a song you know that references a (near) accident, a (near) catastrophe, a historical event, etc? See comments for examples: "We almost Lost Detroit" and "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald". (hexbear.net)
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[โ€“] ItsPequod@hexbear.net 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Fire and Flame by the Longest Johns is the tale of the Halifax Explosion, one of the most devastating non-nuclear explosions in a civilian populace in history, when a French ammo ship was struck by another ship and caught fire, the resulting explosion effectively levelled the city and surrounding countryside

The song references Vince Coleman, a telegraph operator whom many a Canadian would probably be familiar with thanks to Heritage Moments

[โ€“] HexReplyBot@hexbear.net 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

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