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Thread #108354 Message #2256638
Posted By: GUEST,Suffolk Miracle
08-Feb-08 - 06:30 AM
Thread Name: Songs about airplanes, aeroplanes, air travel
Subject: RE: Songs involving Airplanes
Woody Guthrie: Ship in the Sky
Well, a curly-headed girl with a bright shining smile Heard the roar of a plane as it sailed through the sky To her playmates she said, with a bright twinkling eye My Daddy flies that ship in the sky x 3 My Mama's not afraid and neither am I 'Cause my Daddy flies that ship in the sky
Then a button-nosed kid, as he kicked up his heels He said, My Daddy works in the iron and the steel My Dad builds the planes and they fly through the sky And that's what keeps your daddy up there so high x3 My Dad builds the planes and they fly through the sky And that's what keeps your daddy up there so high
Then a freckle-faced kid pinched his toe in the sand He says, My Daddy works at that place where they land You tell your mama, don't be afraid My Dad'll bring your daddy back home again x3 Don't be afraid when it gets dark and rains My Dad'll bring your daddy back home again
And slightly more remotely- Woody Guthrie: Lindberg
Mister Charlie Lindbergh, he flew to old Berlin, Got 'im a big Iron Cross, and he flew right back again To Washington, Washington.
Missus Charlie Lindbergh, she come dressed in red, Said: "I'd like to sleep in that pretty White House bed In Washington, Washington."
Lindy said to Annie: "We'll get there by and by, But we'll have to split the bed up with Wheeler, Clark, and Nye In Washington, Washington."
Hitler wrote to Lindy, said "Do your very worst," Lindy started an outfit that he called America First In Washington, Washington.
All around the country, Lindbergh he did fly, Gasoline was paid for by Hoover, Clark, and Nye In Washington, Washington.
Lindy said to Hoover: "We'll do the same as France: Make a deal with Hitler, and then we'll get our chance In Washington, Washington
Then they had a meetin', and all the Firsters come, Come on a-walkin', they come on a-runnin', In Washington, Washington
Yonder comes Father Coughlin, wearin' the silver chain, Cash on his stomach and Hitler on the brain. In Washington, Washington
Mister John L. Lewis would sit and straddle a fence, His daughter signed with Lindbergh, and we ain't seen her since In Washington, Washington
Hitler said to Lindy: "Stall 'em all you can, Gonna bomb Pearl Harbor with the help of old Japan." In Washington, Washington
Then on a December mornin', the bombs come from Japan, Wake Island and Pearl Harbor, kill fifteen hundred men. Washington, Washington
Now Lindy tried to join the army, but they wouldn't let 'im in, 'Fraid he'd sell to Hitler a few more million men. In Washington, Washington
So I'm a gonna tell you people: If Hitler's gonna be beat, The common workin' people has got to take the seat In Washington, Washington.
And I'm gonna tell you workers, 'fore you cash in your checks: They say "America First," but they mean "America Next!" In Washington, Washington