All I know it is a bad sign when the old cook says it is too rough to feed you...
At seven PM the main hatchway gave in.
He said 'fellas it's been good to know ya!'
‘All I know it is a bad sign when the old cook says it is too rough to feed you...’
Lightfoot made up the dialogue he used in his song. There is no record of any actual dialogue from the Fitz’s last voyage, saving a little bit that was overheard during one of Captain McSorley’s transmissions to the Anderson. [He was heard angrily ordering someone not to go out onto the deck.]
Interestingly, you might consider the Fitzgerald’s cook the sole survivor. He got sick ahead of the trip, and a substitute cook was taken on at the last minute. The sub said he had a bad feeling about the trip. That is as close as you can get to a cook pronouncing gloom & doom on the Fitz.
It's even worse when he says "It's been nice to know you."