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Aye Calypso!


Ken

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Cousteau. One of my childhood heros.

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Calypso

John Denver

To sail on a dream on a crystal clear ocean

To ride on the crest of a wild raging storm

To work in the service of life and the living

In search of the answers to questions unknown

To be part of the movement and part of the growing

Part of beginning to understand

Aye, Calypso, the places you?ve been to

The things that you?ve shown us

The stories you tell

Aye, Calypso, I sing to your spirit

The men who have served you

So long and so well

Like the dolphin who guides you

You bring us beside you

To light up the darkness and show us the way

For though we are strangers in your silent world

To live on the land we must learn from the sea

To be true as the tide

And free as the wind-swell

Joyful and loving in letting it be

Aye, Calypso, the places you?ve been to

The things that you?ve shown us

The stories you tell

Aye, Calypso, I sing to your spirit

The men who have served you

So long and so well

Aye, Calypso, the places you?ve been to

The things that you?ve shown us

The stories you tell

Aye, Calypso, I sing to your spirit

The men who have served you

So long and so well

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Right on Ken!!!

Did you know --

?Calypso was launched in Seattle, Washington, USA, (where I was born and have lived within 20 miles of for 98% of my life) during World War II.

?She was built to serve as a minesweeper for the British, to clear explosives from ports and harbors.

?She was christened J-826 and lowered into the water on March 21, 1942.

?In the ancient Greek poem, the Odyssey, Calypso was the name of a sea nymph who held the hero Odysseus in thrall for seven years. Gozo is, by tradition, the island where Calypso once lived.

?The ship's adventures, as documented in television films, brought the world's attention to the devastating effects of human carelessness, and Calypso has come to symbolize the Cousteau mission to protect the Water Planet for future generations.

I too loved JACQUES COUSTEAU show The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau

Thanks for posting this!!

-Mike

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