The Hennepin Avenue Bridge-Brian Setzer

[00:00.00] 作词 : Setzer [00:20.76]Setzer [00:20.94]Father Hennepin went down to Bennigan’s [00:24.99]To discuss the construction of the Hennepin Bridge [00:28.95]He had time to kill down by the flour mill [00:33.09]So he planned a picnic lunch on St Anthony Main [00:55.41]Now Father Hennepin he was notorious [00:59.85]And he liked a little drunk down at Nye’s Polanaise [01:03.69]His explorations were more than glorious [01:07.95]So they planned to build a bridge that would feature his name [01:21.06]Well, first Niagara and then St Anthony’s [01:25.80]Were discovered by the fella with the Hennepin name [01:29.46]But when the lock was filled on the lower falls [01:34.80]Eveyone was shoppin’ on the Nicollet Mall [01:40.74]And when the rope was cut on the Hennepin [01:45.42]Father Louis had a most unusual plan [01:48.99]He would take a dip in the Mississippi [01:53.16]He would dive from the centre and swim to the dam [02:13.68]When the time had come and he took the plunge [02:18.36]Everyone screamed: “My God, what has he done” [02:21.75]And though he tried to swim, the current carried him [02:26.49]Closer and closer to the brink of the falls [02:33.00]The people lined the banks of the Mississippi [02:37.56]To watch Father Hennepin go over the edge [02:41.19]The people there that day, they all swear they say [02:45.42]Father Hennepin was laughin’ as he fell to his death