Remarkable images of the Hindenburg

[DreamGypsy]

6. Here are the relevant lyrics...

....and welcome to DU, Johnpaddy.

Sorry for the delay but we were vacationing in San Francisco and I just got back to a computer.

Note: the references to Eckener are to Dr. Hugo Eckener who, among other positions, was a manager of the Zeppelin airship company.

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Were you there when the Hindenburg went down?
Were you there when the Hindenburg went down?
I was there when it went down,
Oh, I rode it to the ground.
Were you there when the Hindenburg went down?

We flew the Shenandoah, the queen of all the skies,
But the Hindenburg was the greatest ship to ever sail on high.
With her belly full of hydrogen she crossed the waters blue
With the movie greats, heads of states, and Hitler's Nazi crew.

There were 40,000 hot dogs sold when she first came to the East
And it's "Howdy Yankees", Eckener said, "I think we've tamed the Beast."
But the hydrogen would sing the final song for Hitler's Reich.
A year would pass and flames would rake the cloudy Lakehurst night.

<chorus>

While FDR was fishing for a tarpon in the gulf
Dr. Eckener dreamed of Icarus and he heard the howling wolf
Then St. Elmo's fired descended and gave forth a deadly spark
The Hindenburg exploded, holy flames shot through the dark.

<chorus>

We're sorry Mr. Hitler, but the helium was ours,
Though it didn't save the Akron or the Daughter of the Stars.
Now the airplanes rule the sky ways in the grey, polluted wind,
There are those who pray the day will come
When the zeppelins fly again.

Hope the above lyrics help.