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My Sweetheart's the Man in the Moon Traditional Cache

Hidden : 8/21/2015
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

One of my earliest memories is my grandmother singing this song to herself as she cleaned her house. She said this song was her all-time favorite.

My grandmother was born in 1886 and moved from her home in Albert Lea, MN to a Montana homestead in a Conestoga wagon.


The Cache

The cache is a camo preform tube with a magnet on a Stop sign at the corner of 2nd St. SW and Dempsey Ave. SW near Montrose, MN. I recommend that you park on 2nd St. as Dempsey can be very busy.

This cache is one of several intended to help you meet geocaching challenges available in Minnesota. Some of the possibilities at the time of publication include:
Heart Challenge, GC4YHAN
You can't "B" serious! Challenge, GC4V9D3
You're blind, You can't "C" Challenge, GC54GHC
NOEL Challenge, GC45T2K

The Song

According to exelana.com, the song was written in 1892 by James Thornton. Here are the lyrics:

Chorus 1: My sweetheart’s the man in the moon.
I’m going to marry him soon.
‘Twould fill me with bliss just to give him one kiss.
But I know that a dozen I never would miss.
I’ll go up in a great big balloon
And see my sweetheart in the moon.
Then behind some dark cloud where no one is allowed
I’ll make love to the man in the moon.

Chorus 2: Last night while the stars brightly shone,
He told me through love’s telephone
That when we were wed, he’d go early to bed,
And never stay out with the boys, so he said.
We are going to marry next June.
The wedding takes place in the moon.
A sweet little Venus, we’ll fondle between us
When I wed my old man in the moon.

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Minnesota Geocaching Association

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

OLBC!

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)