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** "Flowers of Bermuda" is about a ship's captain who has one of these and dies thinking of the titular flowers.

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** "Flowers of Bermuda" is about a ship's captain who has one of these and dies thinking of smelling the titular flowers.flowers while his crew escapes with their lives.
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* TearJerker: Although it was written years before Canada's HandicappedBadass Terry Fox came on the scene, the song "Turnaround," as used in the film, ''Terry'', powerfully evokes what made him a hero in the world's eyes.

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* TearJerker: Although it was written years before Canada's HandicappedBadass Terry Fox came on the scene, the song "Turnaround," as used in the film, ''Terry'', powerfully evokes what made him a hero in the world's eyes.
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* NewerThanTheyThink: Many of his songs (especially "Barrett's Privateers") are mistaken for traditional folk songs, which can be confusing because he has made recordings of sea shanties like "Rollin' Down to Old Maui".
* SignatureSong: "Barrett's Privateers" and "Northwest Passage"

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* NewerThanTheyThink: Many of his songs (especially "Barrett's Privateers") are mistaken for traditional folk songs, which can be confusing songs; some of the confusion is because he has also made recordings of (actual) old sea shanties like "Rollin' Down to Old Maui".
* SignatureSong: "Barrett's Privateers" and "Northwest Passage"Passage."

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* NewerThanTheyThink: Many of his songs are mistaken for traditional folk songs, which can be confusing because he has made recordings of sea shanties like "Rollin' Down to Old Maui".

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* MistakenAge: Because of his awesomely rich and powerful baritone voice (and several songs about aging, such as "Lies" and "Forty-Five Years"), many people don't realize he wrote and sang his hits in his twenties and early 30s, and died at 33.
* NewerThanTheyThink: Many of his songs (especially "Barrett's Privateers") are mistaken for traditional folk songs, which can be confusing because he has made recordings of sea shanties like "Rollin' Down to Old Maui".
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* SignatureSong: "Barrett's Privateers"

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* SignatureSong: "Barrett's Privateers"Privateers" and "Northwest Passage"
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* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: The raising of the ''Mary Ellen Carter''.
** Especially when the song itself became a SurvivalMantra that saved a man from drowning when his ship sank in the Atlantic with him hollering "Rise Again!"
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* DyingMomentOfAwesome[=/=]HeroicSacrifice: It has been said that Rogers died, because he went back into the burning airplane to rescue people. It may be a myth, but at least one survivor reported that he escaped because he heard someone yelling, "Follow my voice!" and did so.

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* DyingMomentOfAwesome[=/=]HeroicSacrifice: DyingMomentOfAwesome: It has been said that Rogers died, because he went back into the burning airplane to rescue people. It may be a myth, but at least one survivor reported that he escaped because he heard someone yelling, "Follow my voice!" and did so.



* {{Tearjerker}}: Although it was written years before Canada's HandicappedBadass Terry Fox came on the scene, the song "Turnaround," as used in the film, ''Terry'', powerfully evokes what made him a hero in the world's eyes.

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* {{Tearjerker}}: TearJerker: Although it was written years before Canada's HandicappedBadass Terry Fox came on the scene, the song "Turnaround," as used in the film, ''Terry'', powerfully evokes what made him a hero in the world's eyes.
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* NewerThanTheyThink: Many of his songs are mistaken for traditional folk songs.

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* NewerThanTheyThink: Many of his songs are mistaken for traditional folk songs.songs, which can be confusing because he has made recordings of sea shanties like "Rollin' Down to Old Maui".
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* SignatureSong: "Barrett's Privateers"
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* DyingMomentOfAwesome/HeroicSacrifice: It has been said that Rogers died, because he went back into the burning airplane to rescue people. It may be a myth, but at least one survivor reported that he escaped because he heard someone yelling, "Follow my voice!" and did so.

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* DyingMomentOfAwesome/HeroicSacrifice: DyingMomentOfAwesome[=/=]HeroicSacrifice: It has been said that Rogers died, because he went back into the burning airplane to rescue people. It may be a myth, but at least one survivor reported that he escaped because he heard someone yelling, "Follow my voice!" and did so.

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* DyingMomentOfAwesome: It has been said that Rogers died, because he went back into the burning airplane to rescue people. It may be a myth, but at least one survivor reported that he escaped because he heard someone yelling, "Follow my voice!" and did so.

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* DyingMomentOfAwesome: DyingMomentOfAwesome/HeroicSacrifice: It has been said that Rogers died, because he went back into the burning airplane to rescue people. It may be a myth, but at least one survivor reported that he escaped because he heard someone yelling, "Follow my voice!" and did so.so.
** "Flowers of Bermuda" is about a ship's captain who has one of these and dies thinking of the titular flowers.
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** Especially when the song itself became a SurvivalMantra that saved a man from drowning when his ship sank in the Atlantic with him hollering "Rise Again!"


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* {{Tearjerker}}: Although it was written years before Canada's HandicappedBadass Terry Fox came on the scene, the song "Turnaround," as used in the film, ''Terry'', powerfully evokes what made him a hero in the world's eyes.

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* TearJerker: "The Last Watch" can make anyone who has made their living on a ship for any period of time break down like a child.
** Many other Rogers songs fit the bill: "White Squall", "First Christmas", "Harris and the Mare", etc.

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* TearJerker: "The Last Watch" can make anyone who has made their living on a ship for any period of time break down like a child.
** Many other Rogers songs fit the bill: "White Squall", "First Christmas", "Harris and the Mare", etc.
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* DyingMomentOfAwesome: It's been said that Rogers died, because he went back into the burning airplane to rescue people. It may be a myth, but at least one survivor reported that he escaped because he heard someone yelling, "Follow my voice!" and did so.

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* DyingMomentOfAwesome: It's It has been said that Rogers died, because he went back into the burning airplane to rescue people. It may be a myth, but at least one survivor reported that he escaped because he heard someone yelling, "Follow my voice!" and did so.
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* DyingMomentOfAwesome: It's been said that Rogers died, because he went back into the burning airplane to rescue people. It may be a myth, but at least one survivor reported that he escaped because he heard someone yelling, "Follow my voice!" and did so.
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* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: The raising of the ''Mary Ellen Carter''.



* TearJerker: "The Last Watch" can make anyone who has made their living on a ship for any period of time break down like a child.

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* TearJerker: "The Last Watch" can make anyone who has made their living on a ship for any period of time break down like a child.child.
** Many other Rogers songs fit the bill: "White Squall", "First Christmas", "Harris and the Mare", etc.

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