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The Gales Of November Came Early

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The Gales Of November Came Early is a selection of lyrics from the 1976 Gordon Lightfoot song "Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald" about the November 10th, 1975 sinking of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald. The lyrics first became the subject of memes in the late 2010s as a catchphrase most often used in image macros referencing the SS Edmund Fitzgerald and the gales of November in general, also known as the Witch of November.

Origin

On November 10th, 1975, the SS Edmund Fitzgerald, a freighter ship, sank in Lake Superior. There is purportedly no conclusive evidence to suggest why the ship sank.[1] One theory about how it sank claims that the so-called "Witch of November," which refers to strong winds that blow across Lake Superior in the fall, was a major contributing factor.[2]

On June 1st, 1976, Gordon Lightfoot released a song about the sinking of the ship titled "Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald," which features the lyrics, "That good ship and true was a bone to be chewed / When the gales of November came early."



On June 2nd, 2019, u/Lumina_APV posted a meme to /r/memes[3] using the lyrics, garnering around 23 upvotes in five years. This is the earliest known meme to use the lyrics.


An image macro posted to /r/memes about the sinking of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald. The meme is about a girl begging her boyfriend not to sing the Gordon Lightfoot song about the ship.

Spread

Memes referencing the SS Edmund Fitzgerald and specifically using the lyrics of "Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald" became increasingly popular over the following years. On November 10th, 2021, u/ChetWinston posted a meme to /r/HistoryMemes[4] using the lyrics, garnering over 4,200 upvotes in three years.


A "swole doge vs. cheems":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/swole-doge-vs-cheems meme comparing the sinking of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald. Swole doge represents the SS Edmund Fitzgerald and Cheems represents the Titanic.

On November 10th, 2023, X[5] user @eightfoldpathPM posted a bae come over meme referencing the early coming of the gales of November, garnering over 6,000 likes in a year.


A meme using the "bae come over":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/bae-come-over meme format about the Edmund Fitzgerald's sinking. A girl convinces her boyfriend to come over despite fears that the gales of November are coming early.

On October 24th, 2024, X[6] user @SteadyE69 posted a version of the "my brother in Christ" meme referencing the lyrics, garnering over 21,000 likes in a day.


A version of the "brother in christ":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/my-brother-in-christ meme about the SS Edmund Fitzgerald. The meme reads, "The crew be like 'can't wait to make whitefish bay' My brother in christ the gales of November came early."

Later that day, X[7] user @vexlynx_ quote-reposted it with a Kyle Rittenhouse "don't blow your vape smoke all over my baby" meme referencing the lyrics, garnering over 3,500 likes in the same span of time.


A version of the "don't blow your vape smoke":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/dont-blow-your-vape-smoke-all-over-my-baby meme about the SS Edmund Fitzgerald. The meme was originally posted by X user @vexlynx_.

Various Examples


A meme showing JJ the Jet Plane flying from an exploding building. JJ is labeled "the gales of November" and the building is labeled "the edmund Fitzgerald." A version of the "train hitting school bus":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/train-hitting-school-bus meme about the sinking of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald. The meme was originally posted to /r/HistoryMemes. A version of the "boys with a time machine":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/time-travel-is-invented-men-with-a-time-machine meme in which a boy goes back in time to stop the SS Edmund Fitzgerald from sinking. The meme was originally posted to iFunny. A version of the "pointing soyjaks":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/two-soyjaks-pointing meme in which the soyjaks point at the Edmund Fitzgerald. The caption reads, "It's November 10th everybody! The gales of November came early."

Search Interest

External References

[1] Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum – The Fateful Journey.

[2] Michigan Seargant – The Storm that Sunk the Edmund Fitzgerald

[3] Reddit – memes

[4] Reddit – HistoryMemes

[5] X – eightfoldpathPM

[6] X – SteadyE69

[7] X – vexlynx_

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