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On Saturday, November 7, 1992 at 7:58:05 AM UTC-8, E.M. Auvers wrote:

As long as we were on a ship song thread, I thought I'd ask if Stan Roger's song "Mary Ellen Carter" was based on a true incident. Anyone know?

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