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DEVILS CAVE
WHEN I WAS A KID I REMEMBER DEVILS CAVE:
IT COULD HAVE BEEN MY GRAVE:
EVERY SUMMER US BOYS WOULD CLIMB DEVILS CAVE;
BOYS WANTED ADVENTURE AND THAT MADE US BRAVE:
IT WAS DANGEROUS AND THERE WERE RATTLE SNAKES UP THERE TOO;
BUT NO ONE EVER GOT BITTEN THAT WE KNEW:
TO CLIMB DEVILS CAVE WAS A REAL CHALLENGE FOR ANY KID:
THATS WHY NOT EVERYONE DID;
IF YOU MADE IT ALL THE WAY UP ON TOP:
WELL THEN YOU WOULD BE TALKING AND BRAGGING ALOT:
ONCE A YEAR IN SUMMER TIME WE GOT UP ENOUGH NERVE TO GO:
BECAUSE IT WAS PRETTY DANGEROUS YOU KNOW:
IT WAS JUST SOMETHING AS A BOY THAT HAD TO BE DONE:
WHEN WE WERE ALL DONE CLIMBING THEN WE HAD FUN:
ONE SUMMER AS WE WERE CLIMBING ME AND MY FRIEND:
WE BOTH SLIPPED AND FELL AT LEAST 60-FEET THEN:
WE WERE LUCKY SOFT DIRT BROKE OUR FALL;
AND I LIMPED AWAY WITH A SPRAINED ANKLE IS ALL:
I HAVE NEVER WANTED TO CLIMB AGAIN:
NOT SINCE I FELL BACK THEN:
I LEARNED NOT TO PLAY WITH DANGER:
BECAUSE A SERIOUS ACCIDENT COULD OCCUR:
14 FEB 2000:
JOHN D. JUNGERS
IT COULD HAVE BEEN MY GRAVE:
EVERY SUMMER US BOYS WOULD CLIMB DEVILS CAVE;
BOYS WANTED ADVENTURE AND THAT MADE US BRAVE:
IT WAS DANGEROUS AND THERE WERE RATTLE SNAKES UP THERE TOO;
BUT NO ONE EVER GOT BITTEN THAT WE KNEW:
TO CLIMB DEVILS CAVE WAS A REAL CHALLENGE FOR ANY KID:
THATS WHY NOT EVERYONE DID;
IF YOU MADE IT ALL THE WAY UP ON TOP:
WELL THEN YOU WOULD BE TALKING AND BRAGGING ALOT:
ONCE A YEAR IN SUMMER TIME WE GOT UP ENOUGH NERVE TO GO:
BECAUSE IT WAS PRETTY DANGEROUS YOU KNOW:
IT WAS JUST SOMETHING AS A BOY THAT HAD TO BE DONE:
WHEN WE WERE ALL DONE CLIMBING THEN WE HAD FUN:
ONE SUMMER AS WE WERE CLIMBING ME AND MY FRIEND:
WE BOTH SLIPPED AND FELL AT LEAST 60-FEET THEN:
WE WERE LUCKY SOFT DIRT BROKE OUR FALL;
AND I LIMPED AWAY WITH A SPRAINED ANKLE IS ALL:
I HAVE NEVER WANTED TO CLIMB AGAIN:
NOT SINCE I FELL BACK THEN:
I LEARNED NOT TO PLAY WITH DANGER:
BECAUSE A SERIOUS ACCIDENT COULD OCCUR:
14 FEB 2000:
JOHN D. JUNGERS
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DEVILS CAVE
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