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I read somewhere sometime someplace that "shovels meeting in some crisis" was a reference to Manitoba sandbagging to ward off Red River flooding ... maybe picking up a Membership-type theme there too.

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That would certainly make sense in the context of the song. While it's not where my mind went it does fit the power of water theme that Gord was a huge fan of.

I got a good chuckle at your comment in the thread you just bumped