When I met Dave at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival in '76 he insisted on teaching me the 2nd verse which John Herald didn't sing for some reason or other. Dave was perplexed by this and questioned me about it on stage after we sang the song together.

She radioed position and said that all was well,
But the fuel within her tanks was running low,
And she'd land at Howland Island to refuel her monoplane,
And then on a trip around the world she'd go.

The 1st and 2nd verses are sung and THEN the chorus.

Mark Ross