[00:00.000] 作曲 : John Mondelli
[00:01.68]Well, the time has come
[00:03.07]for the final story of the evening.
[00:05.51]Let's listen in as inventor Thomas Livingston
[00:08.21]prepares to set sail for adventure
[00:10.65]in a brand new flying machine!
[00:29.59]It was spring of 1890
[00:34.03]Thomas Livingston had built a new machine
[00:43.20]And he planned to see the world
[00:47.48]Flying everywhere to places yet unseen
[00:55.11]When the day to set sail finally arrived
[00:58.70]He hugged his son and he kissed his wife
[01:02.03]And set off on the journey through the sky
[01:08.67]And the first few months went just as planned
[01:12.41]They were leaving Rome for Amsterdam
[01:15.55]When a pirate vessel caught them by surprise
[01:22.61]Well, panic broke out
[01:24.76]On that ship
[01:26.40]Cannons fired and bullets ripped
[01:29.35]Though Thomas stood firm
[01:31.58]In the fight,
[01:33.13]He feared he'd have to write:
[01:37.83]"Dear Michelle, I won't be coming home
[01:43.41]I'm drifting out across the clouds
[01:46.93]Into the great unknown
[01:51.57]"There's no way I'll ever make it back
[01:57.05]It's vast out here, and I have veered
[02:00.29]So very far off track
[02:05.97]"Please look after Jim
[02:09.10]And take good care of him
[02:11.85]Oh, Michelle, I know you will raise him well
[02:19.39]"I wish I could return
[02:22.77]But now you'll have to learn
[02:25.31]To carry on when your family man is gone"
[02:32.89]As the pirates waged their war
[02:37.27]Thomas tried to fight and counter their attacks
[02:46.29]But the fiends had them outnumbered
[02:51.02]And a gunman shot his first mate in the back
[02:58.48]Well they picked off his men, one by one
[03:01.93]There was nothing they could do, and there was nowhere to run
[03:05.26]And it wouldn't be long 'til the scoundrels shot them all
[03:12.04]Then with one final blast that shook the ship
[03:15.48]Thomas Livingston's vessel took a critical hit
[03:19.13]And down his mighty craft began to fall
[03:25.69]And Thomas then thought of his miss
[03:29.28]He couldn't let her know he went down like this
[03:32.76]He wrote a letter to Michelle,
[03:36.11]As down his airship fell:
[03:40.78]"Dear Michelle, I won't be coming home
[03:46.48]I'm drifting out across the clouds
[03:49.86]Into the great unknown
[03:54.40]"There's no way I'll ever make it back
[04:00.02]It's vast out here, and I have veered
[04:03.22]So very far off track
[04:08.84]"Please look after Jim
[04:12.03]And take good care of him
[04:14.71]Oh Michelle, I know you will raise him well
[04:22.23]"I wish I could return
[04:25.67]But now you'll have to learn
[04:28.21]To carry on when your family man is gone
[05:03.68]"Please look after Jim
[05:06.62]And take good care of him
[05:09.31]Oh Michelle, I know you will raise him well
[05:16.80]"I wish I could return
[05:20.23]But now you'll have to learn
[05:22.72]To carry on when your family man is gone"