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Thread #160028   Message #3793528
Posted By: Joe Offer
03-Jun-16 - 03:26 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: A Little Bit of Heaven (military parody)
Subject: ADD: Those Shaibah Blues
I'm sure this song was changed to fit many different units. Here's one:

Those Shaibah Blues - The Song of 244 Squadron and Kindred Spirits
(sung to the tune of "A Little Bit of Heaven")

'Oh a little bit of Heaven fell from the sky one day,
and it settled in the ocean in a spot not far away
And when the Air Force saw it sure it looked so bleak and bare,
they said "That's what we're looking for, we'll put the Squadron there".

So they sent out river gunboats, armoured cars and S.H.Q
and they sent the famous Two Four Four in to the blinkin' blue.
But peechi I'll be going to a land that's far remote,
and till that day you'll hear me say "Roll on that blinkin' boat!"

I've got those Shai-bah Blues, Shai-bah Blues
I'm fed – up, and I'm cheesed off, and I'm blue,
I tried to learn the lingo but it fairly got my goat.
The only words that I know are "Roll on that blinkin' boat!"
I've got those Shai-bah Blues, Shai-bah Blues.
I'm fed up, and I'm cheesed off, and I'm blue.

So we sent out Vickers Vincents, Blenheim Fives, and Wimpies too,
and we called up all the Oxfords, Harts and old Valentias too.
But though we flew to oceans and the desert so remote,
the only thing it taught us was "Roll on that blinkin' boat!"

I've got those Shai-bah Blues, Shai-bah Blues.


I'm fed up, and I'm cheesed off, and I'm blue.'


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