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FIRE  FLYS IN THE NIGHT

FIRE FLYS IN THE NIGHT:
THEY WOULD PUT OFF A BRIGHT BEAM OF LIGHT:
WITH AN OLD JELLY JAR:
WE WOULD CHASE THEM FAR:

THEY WOULDNTFLY VERY HIGH:
WE WOULD CHASE THEM TRYING TO CATCH THEM AS THEY LITE UP THE SKY:
WHEN WE WOULD VISIT OUR COUSINS IT WAS ALWAYS SOMETING TO DO ON THE FARM:
CATCHING FIRE FLYS WE HAD HOURS OF FUN AND IT WAS NO HARM:

BY THE END OF THE NIGHT:
WE WOULD HAVE A JELLY JAR FULL OF FIRE FLY LIGHT:
WHEN IT WAS TIME TO GO HOME:
WE GOT IN THE CAR AND COULDNT WAIT TO SHOW OFF TO OUR FRIENDS OUR FIRE FLYS OWN:

ON THE DRIVE HOME WE WERE SO PROUD OF OUR TROPHY:
CATCHING FIRE FLYS MY BROTHER AND ME:
CATCHING FIRE FLYS ON A HOT SUMMER NIGHT:
THE REWARD WAS A JELLY JAR FULL OF LIGHT:

WE WERE JUST BUSY RUNNING THROUGH THE NIGHT:
TRYING TO CAPTURE THE MAGIC FIRE FLY LIGHT:
WE WERE JUST BOYS RUNNING THROUGH THE NIGHT:
TRYING TO CAPTURE THE MAGIC LIGHT:

THE FUN WE HAD TOGETHER:
WAS SO GREAT FOR SURE:
ON HOT SUMMER MINNESOTA NIGHTS:
CHASING THE MAGIC FIRE FLY LIGHT;

14 FEB. 2000:
JOHN D. JUNGERS


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