NASA - Julia Ecklar - Memorial

To the tune of “Ballad of Springhill” by Ewan MacColl and Pete Seeger
Lyrics by Misty Lackey
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When you sing of Columbia* or the Eagle
And reach for the stars as your ultimate goal,
Recall who fell along the way,
For the star-road takes a fearful toll,
The star-road takes a fearful toll.
And it might have been Armstrong, Aldrin, Cernan,
Shepard, Carpenter, Cooper, or Glenn.
They all knew well the questor's fee,
And the star-road's paved with the lives of men,
The star-road's paved with the lives of men.
For the price was paid on a winter evening
When "Fire in the spacecraft!" somebody said.
In smoke and flame the shadow passed
And in Capsule Twelve three men were dead.
In Capsule Twelve three men were dead.
Forget not yet who paid the forfeit
To conquer the stars in the Eagle's flight.
"It's worth the price," they said who paid:
Grissom, Chaffee, and Edward White.
Grissom, Chaffee, and Edward White.
*Thia song was recorded in 1983 before the Columbia disaster and refers to the command module of Apollo 11.