The Ballad of the Broken Ship

[Verse]
The waves rose high and the sky turned black
The storm had teeth
No turning back
The American Pride
The Fitzgerald's name
Now whispers lost in the freezing rain
[Chorus]
We're holding our own
They cried to the gale
Through ice and wind
Through a story frail
But the lake was cruel
Her depths unknown
And 29 souls would never sail home
[Verse 2]
The iron groaned
Her spine gave way
A beast of burden met her grave that day
The radio crackled
A final sound
"We're holding our own
" then silence drowned
[Bridge]
A toast in the pubs
For those we lost
In stormy nights
Their paths were crossed
The Irish tears
They fall like rain
For the Fitzgerald’s crew
In watery chains
[Chorus]
We're holding our own
They cried to the gale
Through ice and wind
Through a story frail
But the lake was cruel
Her depths unknown
And 29 souls would never sail home
[Outro]
The ship broke in half
The lake claimed her pride
The Fitzgerald sleeps where the lost abide
And every wave that strikes the shore
Whispers their names forevermore

sad, irish folk, mournful, acoustic with tin whistle and fiddle accents