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THE MIGHTY MISSISSIPPI RIVER
THE MIGHTY MISSISSIPPI RIVER, STARTS OUT AS A MERE STREAM:
AND BY THE TIME THE RIVER LEAVES MINNESOTA HEADING SOUTH, IT IS TURBULENT AND RAGING MEAN:
MANY A BARGE HAS TRAVELED DOWN THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER LONG AND WIDE:
THE RIVER CAN BE SO GENTLE, AND CALM, OR TURN INTO A RAGING WILD RIDE:
THE RIVER CREATES SANDBAR ISLANDS ON ITS WAY DOWN STREAM:
PEOPLE IN THE LOVE CAMPING ON THERE PRIVATE ISLAND IN THE WARM SUMMER GLEAM:
THE RIVER HAS ITS OWN BEAUTY, SO MAGESTIC AND STRONG:
WHEN IT RAINS HARD AND OFTEN IN THE SPRING, FLOODING FROM THE RIVER WILL HAPPEN BEFORE LONG:
THE WATER LEVEL OF THE MISSISSIPPI CAN RISE SO QUICKLY TO TEN TIMES ITS NORMAL SIZE:
IT HAPPENS EVERY YEAR, ITS NO BIG SURPRISE:
AFTER THE WINTER THAW:
WHEN THE RIVER STARTS RISING, TO FILL SAND BAGS ON THE BANKS WAS THE WAY IT WAS AND COMMON UNWRITTEN LAW:
AS A KID WE LOVED GOING TO THE RIVER FOR FUN:
TO ESCAPE FROM THE SWELTERING HOT SUMMERS IN THE RIVER WE WOULD JUMP IN ON THE RUN:
NO MATTER HOW HUMID AND HOT IT IT WAS OUTSIDE, INSIDE THE RIVER IT WAS COLD AS ICE:
WE LOVED HOW THE RIVER COOLED US DOWN COLD AND NICE:
THE RAPID CURRANT OF THE RIVER CAN QUICKLY SWIFT YOU AWAY:
THATS WHY AS A KID NEAR TO THE SHORE WE LEARNED TO STAY:
YOU CAN SEE THE FAST MOVING CURRANT PASSING BY AND THE POCKETS OF WHIRLPOOLS WHIPPING AROUND:
IF YOU ARE NOT A STRONG SWIMMER, THE RIVER CAN CAUSE YOU TO DROWN:
THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER RUNS LONG AND FAST:
MY CHILDHOOD MEMORIES OF GROWING UP ON THE MISSISSIPPI WILL ALWAYS LAST:
09--MARCH--2015:
AND BY THE TIME THE RIVER LEAVES MINNESOTA HEADING SOUTH, IT IS TURBULENT AND RAGING MEAN:
MANY A BARGE HAS TRAVELED DOWN THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER LONG AND WIDE:
THE RIVER CAN BE SO GENTLE, AND CALM, OR TURN INTO A RAGING WILD RIDE:
THE RIVER CREATES SANDBAR ISLANDS ON ITS WAY DOWN STREAM:
PEOPLE IN THE LOVE CAMPING ON THERE PRIVATE ISLAND IN THE WARM SUMMER GLEAM:
THE RIVER HAS ITS OWN BEAUTY, SO MAGESTIC AND STRONG:
WHEN IT RAINS HARD AND OFTEN IN THE SPRING, FLOODING FROM THE RIVER WILL HAPPEN BEFORE LONG:
THE WATER LEVEL OF THE MISSISSIPPI CAN RISE SO QUICKLY TO TEN TIMES ITS NORMAL SIZE:
IT HAPPENS EVERY YEAR, ITS NO BIG SURPRISE:
AFTER THE WINTER THAW:
WHEN THE RIVER STARTS RISING, TO FILL SAND BAGS ON THE BANKS WAS THE WAY IT WAS AND COMMON UNWRITTEN LAW:
AS A KID WE LOVED GOING TO THE RIVER FOR FUN:
TO ESCAPE FROM THE SWELTERING HOT SUMMERS IN THE RIVER WE WOULD JUMP IN ON THE RUN:
NO MATTER HOW HUMID AND HOT IT IT WAS OUTSIDE, INSIDE THE RIVER IT WAS COLD AS ICE:
WE LOVED HOW THE RIVER COOLED US DOWN COLD AND NICE:
THE RAPID CURRANT OF THE RIVER CAN QUICKLY SWIFT YOU AWAY:
THATS WHY AS A KID NEAR TO THE SHORE WE LEARNED TO STAY:
YOU CAN SEE THE FAST MOVING CURRANT PASSING BY AND THE POCKETS OF WHIRLPOOLS WHIPPING AROUND:
IF YOU ARE NOT A STRONG SWIMMER, THE RIVER CAN CAUSE YOU TO DROWN:
THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER RUNS LONG AND FAST:
MY CHILDHOOD MEMORIES OF GROWING UP ON THE MISSISSIPPI WILL ALWAYS LAST:
09--MARCH--2015:
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THE MIGHTY MISSISSIPPI RIVER
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