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Thread #140894   Message #4221372
Posted By: Jack Horntip
21-Apr-25 - 03:08 PM
Thread Name: Origins: She Was Poor (Same The Whole World Over)
Subject: RE: Origins: She Was Poor (Same The Whole World Over)
THE PREGNANT SWORDFISH*
(TUNE: "She was poor but she was Honest ")

Oh, I used to think my Swordfish
Was as slow as she was tame,
But I'm sorry to inform you
She has lost her maiden name.

For she's going to have a baby;
You can see that by the shape.
You can tell from her performance
She's been sub-jected to rape!

See that bloody great protrusion?
You can spot it from afar.
If you ask me what's inside it -
It's a bastard like its ma!

Once my thoroughbred old Swordfish
Was my pride and my delight,
But I've had her now she's preggers;
I'll go fly some other kite.

*In January, 1944, 811 Sqn. were re-equipped with
Swordfish Mark III, fitted with the Mk.XI radar,
with bulbous scanner under the fuselage.


WWII era parody from The Fleet Air Arm Songbook, Mark II.


See here: https://archive.org/details/1979cathefleetairarmsongbook/page/43/mode/1up?q=%22was+poor%22