PHOTO: Sir Edmund Hillary’s casket leaves his funeral service in New Zealand. Photo courtesy of Mark Watson/New Zealand Alpine Club.
A goofy but heartfelt tribute to the late Everest pioneer has been recorded by the New Zealand singer/songwriters Jody Lloyd and Tim Kelleher. Keying off the Hillary portrait on New Zealand’s five-dollar note, the chorus of “Humble Mountain Man” goes:
You may be gone but you live on in my wallet
You’ll never be forgotten in the bottom of my pocket
You’ve taught us by example, translated back to our inner fiber
And you leave behind a wealth greater than that within a fiver.
Truly, it sounds better than it reads.
See the video at www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xgIebk-zHE.
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