[Fiji Hill]

Songs about disasters that occurred in the fall

• The Miami Storm--Vernon Dalhart, 1926 (1926 Miami hurricane)

• The Storm that Struck Miami--Fiddlin' John Carson, 1934 (1926 Miami hurricane)

• The Porto Rico Storm--Carson Robison, 1928 (1928 Lake Okeechobee hurricane)

• The Wreck of the Old 87--Vernon Dalhart, 1924 (1903 train wreck)

• The Sinking of Submarine s-51--Al Craver (Vernon Dalhart), 1926 (1926 shipwreck)

• Little Marian Parker--Al Craver (Vernon Dalhart), 1928 (1927 kidnap-murder)

[Alberta's Child]

Awesome list ... but how did you overlook THIS one?

Gordon Lightfoot -- The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald (November 10, 1975 shipwreck on Lake Superior)

One of the most haunting songs you'll hear.