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Thread #31086   Message #402164
Posted By: GUEST,Roll&Go-C
20-Feb-01 - 10:27 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Cold Missouri Waters (James Keelaghan)
Subject: Lyr Add: COLD MISSOURI WATERS (James Keelaghan)
Sounds like James Keelaghan's song "COLD MISSOURI WATERS" on his A RECENT FUTURE CD by Green Linnet (GLCD 2120); that song is about the Mann Gulch fire of 1949, as described in Norman MacLean's book YOUNG MAN AND FIRE.

My name is Dodge, but then you know that;
It's written on the chart there at the foot end of the bed
They think I'm blind, I can't read it.
I've read it every word,
And every word it says is death;
So, Confession
Is that the reason that you came?
Get it off my chest before I check out of the game;
Since you mention it, well, there's thirteen things I'll name,
Thirteen crosses high above the cold Missouri waters.

I hope this is enough to get you started.