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Thread #28288   Message #4176507
Posted By: Jack Horntip
10-Jul-23 - 07:23 AM
Thread Name: Origin of 'Napalm Sticks to Kids.'
Subject: RE: Origin of 'Napalm Sticks to Kids.'
NAPALM
(Tune: The Good Ship Titanic)

It was up by Sopori where the Yalu meets the sea
I was out on a recce to see what I could see
When I spied a farmer nan with his pitchfork in his hand
It was sad when my napalm went down.

CHORUS: It was sad, oh it was sad
It was sad when my napalm went down (hit the farmer)
There were husbands and wives
(Itty bitty children lost their lives )
It was sad when my napalm went down!

It was up by Kuniri where I won my D.F.C.,
I was out on a recce to see what I could see
When I spied a church below and I let my rockets go
It was sad when those rockets went down.

CHORUS: It was sad, oh it was sad
It was sad when those rockets went down (Hit the steeple)
All the people ran like hell
When those rockets hit the bell
It was sad when those rockets went down.

It was up by Sinanju when I knew that I was through
The 50's and 40's had shot my turbine through
It was when I hit the silk - oh my God I strained my sdlki
It was sad when that pilot went down!

CHORUS: It was sad, oh it was sad
It was sad when that pilot went down (hit the bottom)
There were husbands and wives
(Itty bitty children lost their lives)
It was sad when that pilot went down.

(49th Fighter-Bomber Wing)


Pg 16, Stovepipe Serenade: A collection of fighter songs. 1954 edition.

See online here: https://archive.org/details/1954stovepipeserenade/page/16/mode/1up

This early version is set in Korea. Later versions of this "Napalm" song are set in Vietnam. Note that Napalm was invented in 1942 and, according to the Napalm wikipedia article, widely used in the Korean War.