[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 10]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 14185]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




     GOING FARVE, GOING DEEP . . . MISSISSIPPI MAGIC SO VERY SWEET

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                          HON. REID J. RIBBLE

                              of wisconsin

                    in the house of representatives

                       Monday, November 14, 2016

  Mr. RIBBLE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in honor of Brett Favre who was 
inducted into The NFL's Hall of Fame this past summer. I include in the 
Record this poem penned in his honor by Albert Caswell.

     Going Favre
     Going deep
     Mississippi Magic So Very Sweet
     All in what our hearts choose to seek
     How high will we reach
     While, against all odds to slay The Grid Iron God's and all 
           their records to beat
     But the greatest of all,
     is but a World Championship to seek
     While, in our hearts all our dreams we so keep
     Because, on those fields of green only the stoutest of all 
           hearts can compete
     And make it to the Hall of Fame as a dream few of us will 
           ever complete
     Like the wild wild west,
     Brett was like a gun slinger at high noon who stood at his 
           best
     Who upon defenses such havoc would wreak
     Who drew first and drew fast as touchdowns he'd seek
     As it was always high noon to defeat,
     yea your up the creek
     While, over the NFL such a large shadow casting each week
     And everyday with his heart of a child and his smile to all 
           hearts would speak
     As it all began with a football in hand,
     and his Father's Love helping his son to map out his future 
           plan.
     And a mother behind him would stand
     To build the foundation for all of his dreams,
     as one day at Lambeau Field he'd proudly wear that Packer 
           green
     As that number ``4'' one day would walk through The Hall of 
           Fame's door
     Going Farve and Going Deep with his Mississippi Magic,
     he went farther than all the others before him had reached
     Brett Favre, a gun slinger standing six foot two
     a good old boy from the south armed with a cannon who threw
     Like a country song his life was so true
     And he could run like a stallion in the open field too
     Like a river boat gambler he threw with such heat,
     which made all of those defenses so weep
     Beating you with his arm,
     his feet,
     his heart,
     brain,
     and soul so very deep
     A leader among men who knew not defeat
     An Iron Man with a 297 consecutive games as that record he'd 
           reach
     Mr. MVP, Mr. All Pro,
     from Southern Miss to NFL bliss,
     bringing his heat one day to rise to the top of the NFL's 
           list
     But his love of the game was what really to his heart 
           beseeched
     But the greatest pass he'd complete,
     was marring his high school sweetheart Deanna so sweet
     As a Warrior,
     and a Fighter
     a Come Back Kid who in the darkest of games came back even 
           brighter
     Like Bart he too became a Starr,
     to carry this his Packer Nation far
     To make them The Super Bowl Champs that they are
     Going Farve
     Going Deep
     armed with his Mississippi Magic which was so hard to beat
     This Southern Man with his Father's Love stayed strong to 
           ever compete
     To the top of the NFL's game with his actions did speak
     Brett, welcome to The Hall of Fame where only the greatest of 
           greats history speaks
     Because Brett upon those fields of green you went Farve every 
           week,
     as you went deep armed with your Mississippi Magic to compete
     And Brett,
     you were the kind of man Lombardi would seek
     With the heart and soul of a champion and that Mississippi 
           Magic so very sweet.

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