The Bridge Came Tumblin' Down

()roses The chaplain ()round In the waters of ()Inlet In old Van()Town Where the bridge came tumblin' down When the ()bridge came tumblin' down ()Nineteen men were drowned In ()June or nineteen fifty-eight In ()Town There were seventy-()working To build this ()bridge To span the ()Narrows And connect up ()ridge Till a big wind hit the bridge And the ()bridge came tumblin' down And ()nineteen men were drowned And the ()medical corps couldn't be too sure Of the ()found In among the ()girders One man()ized How last night ()dreaming And saw be()eyes The big wind on the rise And the ()bridge came tumblin' down And ()nineteen steel men drowned And he ()saw the fright of the darkest night In ()Town With frogmen()water By the cutting ()glow They fought to ()steel men >From certain ()low And pain we'll never know When the ()bridge came tumblin' down And ()nineteen men were drowned And ()sixty more that came ashore So ()found It often ()wonder In strength, who ()edge The longest ()structure That spans the ()ridge Or the men that built the bridge For the ()bridge came tumblin' down And ()nineteen men were drowned But the ()other men came back again To ()down Now if you're ()crossing This mighty ()lime And nineteen ()roses Pass be()mind Remember and be kind The ()bridge came tumblin' down And ()nineteen men were drowned So ()you could ride to the other side Of ()Town So ()you could ride to the other side of (slow) ()Town