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Track #9 - Jean Nicolet, What Were You Thinking? (3:54) 337 KB song narrative introduction 328 KB sample (42 second au file) Full Track 1,529KB mp3 Lyrics by David Fry Music by Mark Lamar, Vocals by David Fry All rights reserved 1997.
David Fry

"Jean Nicolet, What Were You Thinking?" by David Fry, speaks to the first European explorer to Wisconsin, a Frenchman named Jean Nicolet. Music style: rock

Hey, Jean Nicolet,
what were you thinking?
In 1634 when you stepped ashore at the Red Banks?

Chorus:
Did you do it for love of country?
Did you do it to talk about God?
Did you do for fame or money?
Did you do it just because?

Hey, Jean Nicolet,
what were you thinking?
when you fired those guns and you saw them run away?

(CHORUS repeated)

Would you do it again,
if you knew what we know?
Do it again if you knew
what we know today?
Jean Nicolet, Jean Nicolet.

(CHORUS repeated)