Lyr Req: The Gooney Bird

Subject: LYRICS? The Gooney Bird
From: Whippoorwill
Date: 04 Aug 97 - 10:40 AM

Years ago, I heard a song called "Ode to the Gooney Bird," or something like that, referring to the unkillable C-47, DC-3, or whatever you want to call her. The chorus went:

They patched her up with paper clips,
With chewing gum and strings;
And still she flies, she never dies,
Methusalah with wings.

I can't find it on the database. Anybody know the verses?

Subject: RE: LYRICS? The Gooney Bird
From: Whip
Date: 07 Aug 97 - 11:33 AM

Has nobody heard this thing but me? I know it's a song. I'm old, but I'm not senile. (Bert, don't you start, now.)