~ An Hour With You~
The Astronaut (Forty-four years ago) Listen my children, as hard as you can and I'll tell you the story of Astronaut Glenn On the 20th of February, in the year "62 at nine forty-seven - with a sky oh-so-blue The countdown was zero - the condition was "go" The rockets ignited - the rise started slow Then it gained in momentum and it gained in height To watch it on course was a beautiful sight The hopes of the world were with him that day And I'm sure they all took a moment to pray His voice on the phone came through calm and clear and his confidence told us he had no fear So he orbited the earth in his craft "Friendship 7" Three times around - up in space - close to heaven Then he settled at last in the waves of the ocean As the ships and the planes started up into motion He emerged from the capsule on the deck of a ship just over four hours to the end of his trip In the future these trips will be taken again Thanks to that ride by a Colonel John Glenn (Written for my Daughter Beverly on April 29, 1962) Mr. Doug © © April 29, 1962 Website
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