i have found out its by cyril tawney but i cant find the song anywhere only i now was wondering if any one had a copy they could post so i can download it? or if anyone knows where on the internet i can find a copy to listen to.
here are the lyrics:
They say in the Air Force that landing's okay
If the pilot can get out and still walk away
But in the Fleet Air Arm the prospects are grim
If the landing is poor and the pilot can’t swim
CHORUS
Cracking show, I'm alive,
But I still have to render my A-25
They taught me to fly in an old Tiger Moth
A dreadful contraption of wood, string and cloth
It does sixty knots or something fantastic
A awful good show for some string and elastic
CHORUS
When you come o’er the round down and see Wings frown
You can safely assume that your hook isn’t down
An awful great barrier looms up ahead front
You can hear "Wings" yelling: "Cut engine, you --------- idiot!"
CHORUS
They gave me a Seafire to beat up the fleet
I beat up the Rodney and Nelson a treat
Forgot the tall mast on top of the Formid
And a seat in the goofers was worth fifty quid
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When the batsman says "lower" I always go higher
I turn to starboard and prang my Seafire
The boys in the goofers, they all think I am green
But I get my commission from Supermarine!
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I sit on the booster, awaiting the kick
Amusing myself by rotating the stick
There goes the green light, the thing gives a cough
"Gor blimey", says Wings, "he has tossed himself off!"
CHORUS
I fly for enjoyment, I fly for just fun
I’m awfully anxious to shoot down a Hun
But as for deck landings at night in the dark
As I told Wings this morning, "blow that for a lark!"
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As I roar down the deck in my Martlet Mark Four
Loud in my ears is the Cyclone's sweet roar
Chuff clank clank, chuff clank clank, chuff clank clank - clink!
Away wing on pom-pom and into the drink!
CHORUS
I thought I was coming in low enough but -
I was 50 feet high when the batsman gave "Cut!"
Loud in my earholes the sweet angels sang
Float float float, float float float - barrier - prang!
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Now in the Luftwaffe they never complain
Since Goering invented the pilotless plane.
They sit in the crew room and sing all the day,
And this is the song that they sing so they say:
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I flew over Jay-pan in my F.O. 2
Taking some pictures, admiring the view,
When up came the flak and I turned round about,
And that's why I sit in my dinghy and shout:
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The "Wings" of St. Merryn in a Reliant one day
Set out for Trelliga for tea for to stay,
But as he got there his engine cut out,
And now all you hear is Wings' painful shout:
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So come all young Subbies and listen to me:
A Fleet Air Arm pilot you never should be -
But stay on the shore and get two rings or three
And go out every night on the p--s down at Lee.
CHORUS