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Thread #5146   Message #29303
Posted By: Joe Offer
25-May-98 - 11:55 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Coming In on a Wing and a Prayer
Subject: Lyr Add: COMING IN ON A WING AND A PRAYER^^
Ooops! Looks like Frank got in most of it while I was typing offline. Well, here's my transcription.
-Joe Offer-

COMING IN ON A WING AND A PRAYER
(Words by Harold Adamson; music by Jimmie McHugh; Robbins Music Corp./ASCAP; ©1943)
As recorded by The Song Spinners


Comin' in on a wing and a prayer,
Comin' in on a wing and a prayer,
Though there's one motor gone, we can still carry on,
Comin' in on a wing and a prayer.

What a show! What a fight!
Yes, we really hit our targets for tonight.
How we sing as we limp through the air!
Look below; there's our field over there.
With our full crew aboard and our trust in the Lord,
We're comin' in on a wing and a prayer.
One of our planes was missin', two hours overdue.
One of our planes was missin' with all its gallant crew.
The radio sets were hummin’; they waited for a word.
Then a voice broke through the hummin’, and this is what they heard:
Comin' in on a wing and a prayer,
Comin' in on a wing and a prayer,
Though there's one motor gone, we can still carry on,
Comin' in on a wing and a prayer.

What a show! What a fight!
Yes, we really hit our target for tonight.
How we sing as we limp through the air!
Look below; there's our field over there.
With our full crew aboard and our trust in the Lord,
We're comin' in on a wing and a prayer.

Though there's one motor gone, we can still carry on,
Comin' in on a wing and a prayer,
Wing and a prayer.
^^