1967, Edited by C. H. Ward-Jackson & Leighton Lucas William Blackwood & Sons Ltd. Edinburgh Two hundred songs, 50 with score and most others with citation of tune.
Songs Before the First World War The Bold Aviator, or, the Dying Airman 2
Songs from 1914 to the Armistice in 1918 Recruiting Song of the Royal Flying Corps (i) 8 Ragtime Flying Corps 9 Mountains of Mourne 11 The Air-Crew's Wish 12 Recruiting Song of the Royal Flying Corps (ii) 12 What Do You Want? 13 When This Ruddy War Is Over 13 Pilot's Psalm 14 Who Killed Cock Robin? 14 Three Squadron 15 We Haven't Seen the Sergeant 15 Back Seat Ballad 16 Napoo-Fini! 16 Fred Karno's Air Corps 17 Airmen's Opening Chorus 18 Airman's Ten Commandments 19 Air Mechanics Moan 19 R. F. C. Toast 20 I Don't Want to Join the Air Force 21 Capital Bus for a Crowd Like Us 22 R. A. F. Trooping Song- Bless 'Em All 23 Only Way 25 Song of the Hun 26 This is the Flying Corps 26 Looping the Loop 27 R. F. C. Alliterations 28 Hurrah for the Bounding Air 29 Stormy the Night 30 Pushing 31 I Want a G-nôme 32 Excelsior Up to Date 33 When the Dawn Patrol Sets Out 34 Birdman 34 Wreck of the Old F. E. 35 They Called Them RAF 2Cs 37 Ragtime Aircraft Builders 38 Ode to the R. A. F. Engine 40 Another Thousand Revs 41 Song of the Camel Pilot 43 Last Lay of the Sopwith Camel Pilot 44 Ten Little Albatri 44 There Were Three Huns 45 Hush-a-Bye Baby 46 You're only a P. B. O. 47 Up in a Sop 47 Syncopated Fire Control 48 In Other Words 49 Omer Drome 50 My Old Yellow Jacket 55 I Left the Mess Room Early 57 So Early in the Morning 60 Two Hunnische Airmen 61 Heaven or Hell 62 Over the Lines 64 Every Little While 64 Wings of an Avro 65 Another Undercarriage Wouldn't Do Us Any Harm 66 My Motter 67 We Haven't Got a Hope in the Morning 68 I Want to Go to Essen 69 If You Want to Remain Inside 69 100 Squadron Lament 70 Sing a Song of Aircraft 72 Song of 54 Squadron 73 Which He'll Never Do No More 74 Bettencourt 77 New Toast 77 Now I'm a General at the Ministry 82 The Yarn of "Twenty-Two" 83 Poor Old Pilot 85 Squadron Toast 86
Songs of the "Peace" Years 1918-1939 Song of 55 Squadron 88 Twenty-four Squadron Song 89 Just a Little Oil 89 An Old-Fashioned Bristol 90 In the Middle of Salisbury Plain-O 90 Hold Your Row 92 Those Shaibah Blues 94 The "Peace" of Waziristan 95 Now I'm an AC/3 96 A. O. C.'s Inspection 96 Officers of "A" Flight 97 Flying Training 98 Song of the Cadet 99 Ballad of Sulaiman 101 On a Two-Five-Two 104 A. C.2's Are Common 106 Avro and the Song 107 Fitter's Song 108 Song of the Shirt 113 Shire, Shire, Somersetshire 114 Three Songlets 117 Just Three More Days to Go 117 Rigger's Song 118 Far Away 121 Coppersmith's Song 123 Maiden Young and Fair 126 Forced Landing 127 M. T. Driver's Song 128 Song to Newcomers to Iraq 129 That Old-Fashioned Avro of Mine 130 A Song of Forty-Three 131 The Airman's Prayer 133
Songs of the Second World War Bless 'Em All 136 Ir's Just the Air Force Way 137 Old Annie 138 Oh! Mary, This WAAF 139 Beside an Essex Waterfall 140 If I Only Had Wings 143 Firth of Flaming Forth 144 The Lindholme Buoy 146 In the Women's Auxilliary Air Force 147 Kiss the Boys Good-Bye 148 Ops in a Wimpey 149 Ops in a Whitley 150 Old-Fashioned Wimpey 152 Thanks for the Memory 153 Orbitting the Beacon 153 Heinkel Come Back to Me 154 Fragment of Advice 155 Hudson Song 155 One for the Tiger 157 Service of Thanksgiving for Safe Arrival in Iraq 157 On the Move 162 I Love to Fly a Whitley Three 164 Erk's Lament 164 My A. C. W.2 165 Plotter's Lament 166 Bloody Hell 167 Practice-Flapping 168 The Nissen Hut's Foundation 169 Song of the Gremlins 170 Fortress Song (i) 171 Gas, Gas, Gas 172 Fortress Song (ii) 173 We Are the Air-Sea Rescue 174 Rows and Rows and Rows 175 She's a Swell Dame 177 Balloonatics' Song 178 A Lib Leaving Malta for Gib 179 Tales of Kairouan 180 Heavy Bombers 182 Western Desert Madness 183 Malta Song 184 Song of 51 Maintenance Unit 187 Benghazi Mail Run 191 Servicing Song 193 As You Bed Your Balloon in the Morning 195 You've Had It 197 Service Police Song 198 So Here I Work 199 There's No A. M. O. About Love 201 Mrs. Mobile 202 Fifty-One Squadron 203 Wids' Song 204 A 218-Squadron Song 205 Bring Back My Bomber and Me 207 The Fitter, the Rigger, the Mech 208 Once There Was a Naafi Girl 209 Song of 59 Squadron 211 Everybody's Crackers on P. T. 212 Flight Mechanics Song 213 It's Laid Down 214 You'll Never Go to Heaven 216 Ten Little Pilot Boys 217 We Are the A. T. C. 218 He Had to Go and Prang 'Er in the Hanger 219 He Had to Go and Prang 'Er in the Hanger (2nd version) 221 To "Lili Marlene" 222 The Guinea Pigs' Song 222 The Stately 'Dromes of England 223 Hymn to Airmen 225 Africa Star 225 What Shall We Do With a Ropey Squadron? 228 I Want To Go Home 231 The Gallant Sixty-Two 232 D-Day Dodgers 234
Songs of the Parachute Regiment Sheehan is Believing 235 I'm Dreaming of a Soft Landing 237 You'd Be So Nice to Come Home to 237 The Man on the Flying Trapeze 237 Jumping Through the Hole 238 He Ain't Gonna Jump No More 240 Oh Mary This Tatton 241 Bless 'Em All 241 Song of the Paratrooper 241 The Merry Month of May 242 You Don't Have to Push 244 Passing Thoughts 244 Sit by My Side if You Love Me 244 Men of Hardwick 245
Songs of the Post-War Years 1945-1967 Thanks for the Memory (2nd version) 248 Glory, Flying Regulations 249 Ground Crew 251 The Rockape's Dilemma 253 A. C. Soap 254 Sabre Song 257 Song of the Two Sad Flight Sergeants ("The Gan Song") 258