(Found location)A-25 song location??

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  1. fasty123456 said:

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    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
    CHORUS

    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!
    CHORUS

    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!"
    CHORUS

    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!
    CHORUS

    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:
    CHORUS

    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:
    CHORUS

    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:
    CHORUS

    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
    Last edited by fasty123456; 08-02-2014 at 08:43 PM.
     
  2. fasty123456 said:

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    (bump) i still have no look at finding a copy of it
     
  3. BlueNileFan said:

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    The interest groups seem to agree that a version of it appears on "In the Naval Spirit", Neptune Tapes NEP 000 (cassette, UK, 1989) Track 14, "The A25 Song".

    I think you have a very good chance at fair acquisition/negotiation with this passionate UK Family business
     
  4. fasty123456 said:

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    Thank you