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8Tht FIGHTER-BOMBER WING
First United Nations Air Force Unit To Fight In Korean War
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HEAPHUNTERS THE PANTHERS THE FLYING FIENDS
THIRD PRINTING
Index
Page
I
Forward
II
"A Tale of Taegu"
III-VIII
"LETS HAVE a
PARTY".................•................................... 1
«AIR FORCE 801"
.....-..........•...................................♦■•*"«■••• 2
"BESIDE A GUINEA MTERFALL".....•>»............*.............. 3
"BOOZIN
BUDDIES"".................................*........................
4
"GATALING
MAGDALENA"..........................•■—.............,.«.,...5
"CO-ED AND TEE K-DET* THE"........■••••<.................—4 6
LIGHTING 68TH, THE".....■••».....-.......-...............••>.....
7
"GAS MASK
GANG".....*.................»»................................... Q
"ITAZUKE CRT,
THE"............•.............•..............-.......'• 9
•MET PILOTS-IN THE SKY*--....................................■-\0
"FAN'ON TEE FLYING TLADEZE"......►..........................-11
<*
"MkN WITHOUT A W02&N, A" ..........—................--12
"MEET ME IN
KYOTO"---.....................•........•.................-13
"MMONSEINE"-......................•................................-............13
"MY GOD HOW THE MONEY ROLLS IN"...........~....... 14
"O'RILEY'S
BAR"........................................—....................15
"^ILOTS LAMENT"
—........................-.................................. 16 \
"ROLL YOUR LEG
OVER"-...............................................— 17
"SAFEHAND
MIL"-...........................•-•....................—.......18
"STRiFIN 'ROUND THE MOUNTAIN"................•.....-......19 >
"TACHIKAWA- YOKOHAMA- ITa&JKE"..................••.............20
/
"TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS HOME TO THE FOLKS"-......21 i
"THAT OLD GANG OF MINE".—......................-........•-22
"THROTTLE
BENDER".....................•................-«......<■-...... 23
"TIPTANKS AND TAILPIPES" -.........................—.......... 24
"WE'UNS"-............•-•■..............—..................■•«;....................
24
"WILD AND WOOLEY COYffiOY"..........•...........•—...........— 25
"WOODPECKER
SONG"..........................-.......................•........26
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FORWARD
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This b:>ok'contain© the songs of the 8th
Fighters* Composed by pilots and airmen, they
represent a portion of the spirit that enabled
the 8th to sweep the air clear of enemy aircraft .
in the first ten days of fighting. It is this
spirit that carried the 8th through the days
when Taegu was within range of enemy artillery on
the perimeter* Throughout the fighting in Korea
the elan of the 8th has been reflected in the
superior operations conducted* These songs are
truly representative of the lighter spirits of the
first United Nations unit to fight in Korea* They
have come do^n to us through the years• May they
continue to bring fine memories and may they spark
greater accomplishments and closer companionships
in the future*
X
And in the years of the reogn-of^ the E«5>eror H^rr3r>-4.t» -came
t<> pass i^hat the
chaeen people Xc>u»d themselves in the valley of Taegu* C&me there
people from a
place called Taejon and spake they thus to the newcomers ~ Behold,
the eneniy
cometh upon us even as they have in the North and fiileth us with
bullets, and
smiteth us with divers munitions^ and such of us as he catcheth, he
visiteth
passing great atrocities upon* Therefor heed ye, and listen for the
sound of the
panic button, and prepare ye to flee to the place which is called
Pusan, for even
though the waters open not, then shall ye hitchhike with the Navy*
And so speak-
ijigj they brake such weapons as proved unserviceable, and prepared
themselves to
quit the valley*
But the newcomers m&de as if they heard them not^ and spake of
great deeds
of arms, and of many of the enemy to be slain, though in secret
their knees
trembled and they were sone afraidt In the fullness of time, the
radio spake of
the approach of the onomyy and a voice spake of the approach of the
glorious
people's army to liberate the fatherland, and thus did it proclaim
to all the land**
thy time cometh, oh imperialist oppressors of the people® So, the
newcomers
spake each unto the other> saying - wherefore this business of,
imperialist, thou
old oppressor, thou? And his neighbor spake - Verily, I understand
not this talk
of imperialism, for I desire only to return to Trtfman*s Island* and
to retirej
Wherefore I came unto the Service«
Then the eneitiy drew yet closer, and the thqnder of their wrath
was heard in
the hills, and many there were who climbed aboard chariots of the
air and l$ft' the
valley« Then came unto the valley one who w&£ called the C#0*> ai*d
he spake thusly
Verily I say unto yeu~ we shall stay here while yet the iron birds
fly* and we
shall heap napalm and leaden hail upon the he&ds of the mewy, and
their arms
shall not prevail against us*- Therefore* heed yo and labor yo
mightly upon tho
TH
lins, for know ye that I shall chaw upon the posterior of^&ch of
the Icm^
%2i^s^^
us*
Then came he of the corn cob pipe and the iron bird nai&ect f o^
a peninsula 1ft
the far-away southern islands, and strode out and thus did he speak
to the multi-*
tude - be ye of good cheer, for I shall stay* Then returned he
forthwith to the
nine and fortieth state, which is called Nippon whereof he is
governor*
Then, in due seriousness, the multitude labored upon the line,,
loaded they
aircraft, and shouted they over the radio and hauled they fuel, for
the number of
the enengr was as the leaves of the trees, and the hour of reckoning
approachoth*
Hi/herefore went ho who was called C*0o unto the tent of him who
was called
Armament and spake he thusly ~ wherefore liest thou upon thy
posterior in thy sack
when even now the faithful labor upon the line? Laggards there are
in thy section,
players of cards, writers of letters to their wives.* shooters of
craps,* yea, even
drinkers of Budweiser there aroi Wherefore laborest thou not upon
the line and do
likewise, and labor mightily, lost I chew again upon thy posterior,
until it
' becometh even as the sieve, which holdeth not* So speaking, he who
was called the
C»tU departed in the fullness of his wrath, and he wh6 was called
Armament arose,
and cursed, and brake wind, and scratched himself, and went forth to
labor at the
line* Then chewed he mightily upon the posterior of the faithful,
saying - where-
fore labor you not upon the line when- they brethern work their
posteriors off?
Wherefore shoot ye craps and drink ye even Budweiser, wherefore the
Qld Han
Cheweth again uponmy posterior, which is passing tender lately? So
spake he and
they labored mightily*
And in the fullness of time the onoroy came yet closer, and there
was a pillar
of fire by night and a cloud ©f smoke by day, and each of the
newcomers thought
unto himself - This time they snow us not, as they did when the
smoke off locomotives
was said to be the Qmwp, for we can see the flash of the rockets and
the smoke of
the bombs which even lately we have loaded* ITerily, the emm^ is
upon us, and if
we are taken we shall be castrated* So they thought, but they spake
mightily of
U
deeds of valor and of many of the enemy to be *slain, speaking
each unto the other*
let each in his turn went unto his tent and checked with loving
care, his carbine,
and his ammunition wherefore, and his pack with three days of
Orations, and his
extra socks, and his map to Pusan* An those there were among them
who returned
to their tents to change their drawers, for the tHunder in the hills
was pressing
closer
And in the fullness of their need for tools, the chosen ones went
unto him
who was called Supply, and called upon him, and he spake, saying ~
Verily, brethren
do I know th£y wants, but some son of Belial hath either evacuated
the Class 17
Stock Lists or brought them not, wherefore,, when I call on FM1ICQM
without the
stock number they send me divers strange implements, and he showoth
them cowling
wrenches for the pi-12, and harmonization tools for the A-17, and
offered them T#AC
shoes, and sent them on their way*
Even in greater numbers came the riders of the great iron birds
and left
them to be reloaded while they strode to the tent of him who was
called Intelli-
gence, ^nd spake to him of great deeds of arms and of weeping and
wailing in the
camp of the enemy*, ^Jherefore^ he who was called Intelligence
caused it all to be
written down, and caused it to be classified Secret, and turned the
crank and
shouted unto the direct line to jo^ but the telephone availed not*
Then he who was called Operations strode to the line and spake
thusly ~
Wherefore foul ye up? Wherefore load ye not more and yet more
aircraft? In the
fullness of his wrath, the Old Man shall descend upon me and I shall
be * cast into
outer darkness* Even generals are come to the line in chariots of
blue and black
to ask me questions* VJhereforc can I answer those questions if ye
load not air-
craft? Therefore labor ye well, else I turn ye in* wherefore the
chosen ones
went forth again and labored mightily upon the iron birds, saying
each unto^the
other- Verily, this man speaketh not with a forked tongue, for lest
we labor welly
we shall be smitten by the enemy,, And they called upon him who was
called
7;
Ordnance, ha of the foul cigar and purple cap^ for mora rocketa
x>f ©ilwr> and
fat bombs, ahd shining ammunition* And he who was called Ordnance
called upon
FEAMCGM, saying «* wherefore keepest thou me here if thou sendest
not munitions?
And on the days when there was no inventory* the chosen ones went
forth to
the pX, and saw there many of those who are called Beetle Crushers,
and spake .
unto them, saying'- llherefore lengthenest thou our px line, and
what gooth with
the war? And the warriors spake unto them* telling of the iron birds
and of
mighty feats of arms, and spake of seventy, yea even of one hundred
and seventy
groups, and of unification and diverse other subjects* thereforej
the chosen ones
spake each unto the other, saying ^ Verily, these people show us
not, for it is
passing tough up on the line* And each went in his turn unto his
tent and
aAnointed his carbine with oil, and chocked his escape kit.
And in the fullness of time it came to pass that three stricken
iron birds
were made ready to fly again* And he who was called Base Operations
spake unto
him who was called Operations, saying - Wherefore fly we not
together with the
A-3 these aircraft? Therefore get we not in a few sorties ourselves?
And Sre
they left the valley, there came unto the Operations tent, three new
comers^ whose
loins were girded with parachutes, and other personal equipment an&
spake thusly*
Wherefore take these people our aircraft? vjhomsoever do they think
themselves
, to be?" Verily, I shall call upon Base Operations and cause them
to fly not*
Xe|T when they called upon Base Operations, it availed them not> for
the fear of
the wrath of the Base Operations Officer was before him w"ho
answered the telephone
and he spake with a forked tongue, telling them that the radio
availed him not*
So, the Operation was carried forth, and great was the weeping and
wailing in the
camp of the enemy, for many of their war chariots ran not, and many
Were the war
stories therefrom*
And many times there came unto the valley, iron birds whose
surfaces ^hown
even as silver in the sunlight, and whose weapons were kept like
watches* Afld
ampng their riders, there were flight leaders who spake hopefully of
promotions
tcr Ktckx^f corporal, for these men used this word in their
speech where ordinary
mm use commas* And they spake to the chosen ones of their southern
country*
and told stories and sang songs which were passing dirty* Bottles of
Australian
whiskey they brought, and great was the rejoicing therefore And
great was the
anguish in the camp of the enemy, for as pilots those men toere
passing hot^ even
as their whiskey*
Even yet on some days the face of the sun was hidden* and the
hosts of the
beetle crushers fought by themselvesc And on these days the chosen
ones wont
unto the weather men, and spake, saying - lhat of the weather, oh
learned ones?
If the face of the sun remaineth hidden, then our aircraft shall fly
not, and
the enengr shall overcome us* And the weather men answered not, but
went unto
their tents and packed*
And fire and brimstone and napalm was heaped upon the enemy, and
tjie hail
of rockets and cal* 50 fell upon his head^ and such of the enemy as
remained
returned to the Norths And the voice of the radio was stilled, and
spake no
more of imperialists, and of liberations, and of the glorious
people*s AXW^
Arid they who were called beetle crushers lengthened not the px
lines, for they
too had gone into the North*
And new aircraft came to the valley, and the chosen ones watched
their
ascension and spake to the now ones of mighty deeds of arms and of
the days
when the thunder of the enemy was even -greater than the thunder of
the new air-
craft*
Thus, in the fullness of time, peace came to the valley, and he
who was call-
ed C*0« sent his staff forth on their appointed rounds, and caused
them to be
shown the places in which great deeds had been done, and told them
war stories,
whereof they listened with interest and with expression of
astonishment, as was
fittings And there were those among the chosen ones who received jj
and R, and
there were those among them who returned to Nippon- and embraced
their wives, and
beat upon the posteriors of their children * And there were those
among their
wives who spake tin to tfaeia, saying ~ ifoeref are contest thou
not home as of ten as
thiy neighbor, who has had seventeen R & R*s during this ^police
action?*
Verily, thou lovest me not*
And there cams unto the valley, squadron comaan&ars who c&ockod
their TO
reports, beating their breasts and saying - W<oe is xno, for the
Character t3uidsuaC8
Program availeth not* And they caused their men to place hats
upon their heads,
\
and to salute as is fitting and proper* And the chosen ones spake
each unto
*■■ the other saying - Verily, this is chicken I This place
groweth mora Stateside
each day* And they placed hats upon their heads, and v*cnt forth
to salute, as
is fitting and proper* And there was building of organization
charts and talk
of "^ound safety" and of «i & E Programs, and much greasing of
vehicles there
was also* And inspectors also there came, each with the waxing
and waning of
the moon, for the thought of their tax exemptions was heavy upon
them> and he
who was called C*G* rejoiced to see them, for then he knew that
peace had at
last come to the valley*
Finis
■lETfS.BAVEvA.PAKTY-
Let1 a have a party, let*© have some fun
Let's have a party, the 8th Fighter Group is here tonight
Break left, break right, streamers off the wing
Snap dragons, sweet rolls, we do every thing
We are the joy hoys from Itazuke
Hello, hello, hello, helloooooooh*
Radar & Hammerhead
AIR FORCE "801"
(Wabash Cannon Ball)
Listen to the rumble, oh hear old Marlin roar
...I'm flying over Mojit lik*e I never flew before
Hear the mighty'rush of the slipstream
And hear old Merlin moan
I'll wait a bit and say a prayer, and hope it gets me home*
Itazuke tower, this is Air Force 801
I'm turning on the down wind leg
My prop has overrun
Ify coulant's overheated, the guage says 1-*2~1
You better call the crash crew, and get them on the run,
Air Force 801* this is Itazuke tower
I can not call the crash crew
'Cause this is coffee hour,
Your not cleared in the pattern
Now that is plain to see
So take it on around again, we have some VIP
Itazuke tower, this is Air Force 801
I*m turning on the down wind legr I see your biscuit gun
My engine's runnin rough, and the coulant's gonna blow
.I'm gonna.by"a Mustang, so look out down below
Itazuke tower, this is Air Force 801
I'm turning on the final, and runnin' on one lung
I8m gonna land this Mustang, no matter what you say
I gotta get my charts fixed up before that judgement day*
Air Force 801r this is judgement day
You're In Pilot's Heven and you are here to stay
You just brought a Mustang, and you brought It well
The famous Air Force 801 was sent straight down to Hell J
"Romeo" McCrystal
2.
BESOMS A GUINEA rfATER PAUi
Beside a Guinea water fall, one bright and sunny day,
Beside his shattered Mustang a young pursuiter lay«
His parachute hung from a nearby tree, ho was not yot quite dead,
So listen to the mr^ last words the young pursuitor said;
»pm going to a batter land where everything- is brigit,
$hore whiskey flows from telegraph poles, and poker every ni$it;
There *s not a single thing to do but sit around and sing,
&id all our crews are women - Oh, death* whore is thy sting?w
«0h, death* where is thy sting, ting-ailing*
k oh, death, whore is thy sting?
* ifgio bolls of hell will ring-a~ling~a-ling ■ s~-\
"For YOU — but not for ME1 lw
f/fj$\ \ ^
A Fighter Pilot lay dying
The Medics had left him for dead
HI aound him women were crying
And these are the words that he said*
Take the tail pipe out of my stomach
Take the burner out of my brain
Take the turbine out of my kidney *
And assemble the Unit again
We are the boys who fly high in the sky
§osom buddies while boozin
We ate the boys they send out to die
Bosom buddies while boozin
Down in the hangar they sing and tjie shout
Talkin of things they know nothing about
We are the boys who fly high in the sky
Bosom buddies while boozin
Bosom buddies while boozin
Bosom buddies while boozin
i
She laad a funny name/but she wasn*t to blame
She got it from her father just the same same same
Catalina Magdalena Lubenstiener Wolindiener Hogan Logan Bog#n
was her name*
II
She had peciliar teeth in her mouth
One pointed North and the pointed South
Catalina Magdalena Lubenstiener Wolindiener Hogan Logan Bogan
was her name#
III
Her ears stuck like the soils on about
Her Adums apple wobbled up and down her throat
Catalina Magdalena Lubenstiener Wolindiener Hogan Logan Bogan
was her name,
• I?
If rain makes flowers sweet and clean
There ought to be a cloud burst on Magdaleen
Catalina Magdalena Lubenstiener Wolindiener Hogaxi Logan Bogan
was her name*
HIE COED M) THEIMJET
The (Joed and the K~4et 'were courtin* 1 declare*
Down by the gate th$y didn't know that I was there*
Oh the coed she was bashful and IHtoi he was §hy>
He asked her if he could and this wa§ her rep^y*
You can do it if ya wanna^
But you*d hotter do it right*
Ioufd better not do it>
Like you- did the other night*
»Cause if you do,
I won't be true*
1*11 -never let you do it again
■' ' I really mean it
I'll never let you kiss m again*
THE FIGHTING 68fB
(McNamara's Band)
We*re here to tell a story of Squadron 68
Game over from £shiya to join the Fighting 8th
They1re sitting here before us
Tapping up the brew
They don*t belong in a Fighter Group
But what can Chitty do?
CHORUS: La da da da ~ What can he do?
La da da da ~ What can he do?
La da da da - What can *he do -oo
Of - they don't belong in a fighter group
But what can Chitty do?
They fly their old nite fighters
They take off after dark
They don't know what they1re doing
They're just out for a lark
They never briefy they always beef
Fly strictly on a hunch
Their call should be banana
*Gause they fly in such a bunch.
^ CHORUS:
You know we also fly at night
Iftank God the times are few
We often hear nite fighters saying
"Moonshine is. that you?1*
"Moonshine this is Feminine
This is Feminine I say
Won't you tell those na$ty Shooting Stars
To land ~ they're in our wayt"
CHORUS:
W$ used to fly the Mustang
Our lives hung on a prop
But now with our new Shooting Stars
Morale is at the top
The pilots who could fly that clunk and live
Were all tee few
So would you kindly tell us
TJ/MiM 4 rv hoi 1 r»£5T"^.'vaji -PTtr •b'mf
(Radar & Hammerheac
.GAS MASK GANG
(Ghost Riders In The Sky)
Old Gas Mask gang went out to fly
One dark and windy' day-
And as they taxied'past I heard old Col Samways say
The 80th is gonna fly i*ve. got a right to sweat
If you think they"'re bad in Mustangs
You should see them in a jet*
Xipee aye oh^ Yipee aye ae
Head hunters in the sky
The Flying Fiends and panthers too
Wish they had our prestige
Theyfre always trying to hit the blue
In some old rusty steed ^
Their colors blue and red will stand
But one by one they*11 go
We have to have them in the Group
But what a bunch of schmoes*
CHORUS
They lost their heads and gave us jets
Which thejr will long regret
They took away our Mustangs and some ain*t happy yet
The 80th has learned to fly this new tangled machine
But strictly from hunger are the panthers and the Fiends*
CHORUS
Our Group C*0. is'mighty fine and just the other day
I saw him walking on the line and this I heard him say
If the 35th and 36th would just get on the ball
If they were as sharp as the 80th
I*d have no sweat at all*'
CHORUS
. '
Radar & Hammerhead
. TH3 ITAZUKE 0 R T
(When You ivere A Tulip)
kVfren you flew a i&Lstang^ and I f l#w fc I&*etaAg>
In the IJtazuke OR TJ
Other pilots went to briefing,
We stayed in the sack a*sleeping*
Hotter Stones you*11 never see;
Y{e were hotter than Tobasco
VJhen Group pulled each fiasco,
We excelled in proficiency*
When you flew a Mustang, and I flew a Mustang*
In the Itazuke 0 R -T*
x
Radar & Jiararaarhea4
J3T PILOTS IN THE SKY
(Ghost Riders In The Sky)
An old F-*80 got airborne one dark and windy day;
And as he raised his landing gear, you could hear the pilot
pr^jr*
Keep all those buckets in the wheel and 1*11 be s&fe and sound
Don't let that fire go out, dear Lord, 'til I am on the ground*
Xippi I Xa Yippi I Yo-o-o
♦
Jet Pilots in the sky -—————
Tho&e Flying Fiends are here to stay, they say they1 re very
mean,
And you all know we're famous since lyi7'~-——~*
though we may work on Holidays and weekends just the samej
Those pukin pups make Historyc Oh, bless that famous name*
Xippi I Xa Yippi I Yo-o-o
Jet. Pilots in the Sky -~~—<.---~~
And as our 80's leave the ground, their tails are spouting flame*
The pilots all may go through Hell, but they fly *em just the
sams
The Crew Cniefs work forever to keep them flying high,
And watch with satisfaction, as their plane goes streaming by*
Xippi I Y& Xippi I Xo-o-o
Jet Pilots in the Sky *—---------
Day and night our pilots fight, to live up to their name
Other pilots come and go, but ours fly on to'fame*
They're going to fly forever in that range up there on high;
They cuss and cry, live or diej Jet pilots in the Sky*
Xippi I Xa Xippi I Xo-o-o
Jet Pilots in the Sky---------y-~—----
Composed by* Sgt j# Ashworth
Cpl R. Lemaster
MAN ON THE -FLUNG TRAPEZE
Once they were happy, completely at ease
They flew their F~80*s like a swingin1 trapeze
They looped *em they rolled rem, they bounced DC~3*s
But alas boys their wings have been clipped*
One day they approached Jtazuke
Jet leader called echelon right
Mustangs at nine oTclick level
Let»s see If 0th Fighter will fight*
»
The PESO'S broke left and the Mustangs broke right
I think they se6 us says Jet four In fright
They1re all pullin1 streamers says Jet number three
Let*s go home this is no place to be*
But the Mustangs had sighted the boogies
They pulled through the top of a loop
They dove on the tyenjbling F-gQt's
£{y God have they scrambled the Grooooop*
The Jets headed home at a hundred percent
In fact number four had the throttle stop bent
Back to MLsawa to ylsawa they went
Never to bounce any more*
Badar & Hammerhead ,
A MAN WITHOUT A WQMAW
A man without a woman
Is like a ship withouta sail
Is like a boat without 3 rudder
1$ like a kite without a tail
A man without a woman ^
Is like a wreck upon the sand
But if there's one thing worse in the universe
It*s a woman, I said a woman, I mean a woman without a man*
Now you can put a Silver Dollar on the bar room floor
And it will roooll, because it's round
A woman never knows what a good man she*s got
Until she turns, him down
Now honey listen, my honey listen to me
I want you to understand
As a Silver Dollar goes from hand to hand
So a woman goes from* man to man*
MEET MS IN KYOTO
{Meet Me in St Louis)
Meet me in Kyoto moto, meet me at the shrine,
Take your shoes off when you enter or you*11 pay-a fine
Vfe will have some Sukiyaki
Then we will have a cup of Saki if you Willi
Meet me in Kyoto moto, meet me at the shrine*
MOONSHINE
(You Are My Sunshine)
You are my Moonshine
My only moonshine - You guide my fighters
When skies are gray
I chase your bogies from hero to Moji
Just to find theyJ re gone the other way
The other day boys, as I was flying, I
Heard Moonshine Controller say "live got
a bogie down by Kurume, won't you head
your jet that - a ~ way? He said he had me
in radar contact, and I believed him like
a dope, and still no bogie, he*d chased a
fly across the scope
You were my Moonshine
My only Moonshine, How could you let me
down this way - My chute Y*as swingin*'
They heard me singin1
Vifon!t you take my Moonshine away*
Both selections by
Radar & Hammerhead
Iff GOD HOW THE MONEY gOJXS IN
My Father makes rum in the bathtub,
My Mother makes two kinds of gin,
My #Sister makes love for a living,
My God how the money rolls in*
Rolls in, roils in, My God, how the money rolls in*
Rolls in, rolls in, My God, how the money rolls in*
My Brother's a poor missionary,
He saves little girlies from sin,
He'll save you a blonde for five dollars,
My God, how thQ money rolls in*
My Father, he died in his bathtub,
My Mother, she died of her gin,
My Sister, she married ay Brother,
My God, what a mess I am in«
0«RILEY'S BAR
fTwas a cold winter evening, ■ the guests "were all leaving
01Riley was closing the barj
When he turned and he said to the lady in red,
"Get out, you can*t stay where you are,"
She shed a large tear in her bucket of beer
As she thought of the cold night ahead;
S/ihen a gentleman dapper stepped out of the phone booth
And these are the words that he said,
"Her Mother never told her
The things a young girl should know,
About the ways of Air Force men
And how they come and go#"
"Age has taken her beauty
And fate has left her its scar
So remember your Mothers and Sisters, boys,
And let her sleep under the bar*11
PILOTS LAMENT
(If I had the Wings of an iingel)
Now listen all you pilots and you airmen
We will tell you a story sad but true
Of many who wear wings but are not happy
Gather round and we'll sing this song to you*
The many who wear wings but are not happy
Wear a smile on their lips^ not in their hearts
They're overjoyed to we$r the badge of an airman
But are sad in getting off to such bad starts«
a reason there must be for discontentment
Why the gloom as dark as nay blacked out loop
Just ask them one and all and they will tell you
I'm not assigned to the 8th Fighter Group*
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ROLL YOUR LEG OVER
If all little girls were like sheep in the pasture
And I was a ram* I!d make *em run faster
CHORUS
So roll your leg over* Oh roll your leg over
Oh roll your leg over the man in the moon
II
If all little girls were like little white rabbits
And I was a hare, I*d teach !em bad habits ^
III
If all little girls were like little white flowers^
And I was a bee, I would buzz iem for hours ^
IV
* \
If all little girls were like fish In the oceon
And I was a whale, Pd teach rem the motion..,..,.
If all little girls were like little white chickens
And I was a rooster, I!d give *em the dickens
If all little girls were like little ole turtles
And I was a turtle, I'd get in their girdles,
saje skm mii
(Old t97)
I
They gave him his orders at old Itazuke
Saying Bill you»re way behind time
Take this safehand freight in your war weary Mustang
And put*er in Nagoya on time*
II
Bill turned and he said to his black greasy crew chief
Is my Spam Can ready to roll
Just head *er down the runway and open up the throttle
And 1*11 call Camel Controls
' " ■
III
Now there was one dark cloud between Bofu and Honshu
But Bill-was a guage pilot hold
It was in this cloud that he spilled his gyrus
And his Spam Can did two snap rolls0
■IV
He came roarinout the bottom doin a million miles an hour
Old Merlin broke into a scream
He was found in the wreck^ with his hand on the throttle
Still flyin; the Tokyo Beam<>
V
Fare the well, fare thee well
t "^
Old Bill broke his Mustang all to hell <3-
There'll be no more Suki-yaki in good old Itazuke
Fare the well-, fare thee well
\
Romeo M Crystal
STRAFIN »ROUND THE MOUNTAIN
(Shetn be Comin *Round The Mountain)
Now listen all you airmen young and old
To the tale of fighter pilots young and hold
With their 'fighters painted yellow
Leaping off to contact Mellow
In the crisp Korean air so cold and blue
It was dive bomb old SinuijUj stop the Reds
Eight one thousand pounders loaded^ instant heads
Four birds lined up on the runv*ay
Wish I'd gone to church on Sunday
Hope we catch those loosey Commies in their beds
Twenty thousand over Pyong Yang on Northwest
Gas Mask flight about to face the acid test
Till at last the lalu River
Which makes my liver quiver
"With flak guns lined up 24 abreast
Dust clouds roliL up from Antung cross the way
Twenty swept wing Chinese war birds out to play
Thirty sevens^ twenty threes
AH lit up like Christmas trees
Tip tanks salvoed off we leap into the fray
Kimpo tower clear the pattern in great haste
Twenty victory rolls our pilots do with grace
It was thrilling> it was hairy
Near that privileged sanctuary
Synghman Rhee will soon be president of this place
Kimpo tower this is Gas M£sk Willie 4
I am heading home^ l*m through with this damn war
I am flying on to Taogu
Heading 152 to K~2
Cause theytre sending back to Moscow' for some more*
"Rosie" Rosencrans
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TACHIKAWA, YOKOHAMA, ITAZUKS
(Hawaiian War Chant)
TACHIKAWA, YOKOHAMA-, ITAZUKE,
\\ Po
TACHIKAWA, YOKOHAMA, ITAZUKE,
)\ I
K; i
TACHIKAWA, **** YOKOHAMA ***** ITAZUKE IS THE PLACE. / J
Ah, So, (TACHIKAWA); Ah; So, (YOKOHAMA);
Ah, So, (ITAZUKE); Ah, So, KIMPOl
"Frosen Chosen is the place for you my boy,"
"Frosen Chosen is the place for you my boy,"
"Frosen Chosen, *** Frosen Chosen, *** Frosen Chosen is the
place."
Ah, So, (Frozen Chosen); Ah, So, (Frosen Chosen);
Ah, So, (Frozen Chosen); Ah, So, KIMPOl
/ y s ,1.
TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS HOME TO THE FOLKS
Whatta you gonna dd with a drunken pilot?
It I! ft I! ft II II It
If It If If ft ft If
it
Early in the mornings
Put him in the nose of a B-47 bomber,
if ti it .ti n it n tt it
II H II II II ft II It II
Early in the morning*
We1re gonna bomb the sick and wounded,
ti ii ii it it it
it
u it it it . it ti * ii
Early in the morning♦
We're gonna bomb the old and decrepit,
n it ii ii it ii it
II It It IT If It II
Early in the morning*
Ten thousand dollars home to the folks,
it ti ti ti it tt ii
An engine goes ka-flovey - another pilot crooks,
And it*s ten thousand dollars home to the folks#
THAT OLD GANG OF MINK
Not a soul down on the corner
It13 a pretty certain sign
Those wedding bells are breaking up
That old gang of mine
All the boys are singing love songs
They forgot sweet Adeline
Those wedding bells are breaking up
That old gang of mine
There goes Jack and there goes Jill
Down to Lover*s Lane
Now and Then we meet again
But they all donJt aeem the same
Goo> I got that lonesome feeling
When I hear those church bells chime
Those wedding bells are breaking up
That old gang of mine*
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THROTCLS BENDER
(McHamara's Band)
I
My name is Throttle Bender,
I*m the leader of the gang;
I burn up lots of engines,
' But I don't give a hang*
To me full bore is normal cruise,
'Cause I don't give a dern,
My boys can never catch me,
They've got a lot to learn.
CHORUS: i/e are the bojfs from Itazuke
We are the boys from Itazook
We are the boys from Itazuke
We fly with the 8th Fighter Group*
II
My name is Throttle Bender>
I'm the leader of the Group;
I always cause confusion,
But I don't give a hoot*
I climb too slow, I dive too fast,
I pull excessive Gfs*
*
I know my boys are following,
I hear their knocking knees*
III
My name is Throttle Bender,
I'm the leader of the Wing;
I haven't led a group in years,
*
So I dc5n't know a thing,
About the wing formation, boys,
That I am going to lead;
But I'm the Vdng Commander,
So there really is no need#
IV
Now if you lead a flight, boys
Or if you lead a Group,
Lend an ear and you will' hear^
The latest kind of poop
Prom Tokeeyo to Sazzmago,
You'll hear the boys all say;
The leader bent the throttle, so
I had it rough today.
Radar & Hammerhead
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TIPTANKS AND TAILPIPES
Bless 'em all - Bless *em all
Bless tiptanks and tailpipes and all .-
Bless old man Lockleed for building this jet
But I know a guy who is cussing him yet
'Cause he tried to go over the wall
With tiptanks and tailpipes and all.
The needles did cross and the wings did come off
.With tiptanks and tailpipes a^xd all.
Through the wall - through the wall
That bloody invisible wall
That transonic journey is nothing but rough
As bad as a ride on the local base bus
So I'm staying away from the-wall
Subsonic for me and that's all
If you're hot you might make it
But you'll probably break it -
Your butt or your neck not the wall*
Radar & Hammerhead
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WE«UN3
Oh, There are nq fighter pilots down in hell
Oh, There are no fighter pilots down in hell
The place is full o' queers,
Navigators, Bombardiers
Oh,- There arefno fighter pilots down in hell
Oh, There are no fighter pilots up in FEAF
Oh, There are no fighter pilots up in FEAF
The place is full o' queers,
Navigators, Bombardiers
Oh, There are no fighter pilots up in FEAF*
mo and vioolm cowboy
He*s a wild and wooley cowboy from the wild and wooley West
He went out to Chicago just to give the West a rest
He carried two big six-guns underneath his vest
And everywhere he went he gave his war whoop
CHORUS
Hefs just a big-bad bold old desporado
From Cripple Creek, way' down in Colorado
And he rode around like a tornado
And everywhere he went ho gave his war whoop
He met a little chorus girl who told him where to go
He hauled out his big wallet and sported all his dough
She said that she was sorry that she told him where to go
And said that she would help him give his war whoop
CHORUS
He went to Coney Island just to see the sights
He saw the Hoochie Choochie and the girls all dressed in tights
He got so damned excited that he shot but all the lights
And everywhere he went he gave his war whoop .
CHORUS
WOODPECKER SONG
I __________ uh put my finger in the woodpeckers hole
And the woodpecker said "God bless my soul"
like it out, Take it out, Take it out ~ Reeeeeemove it!
Sooooooooooooooo I took n$r finger out of the woodpecker*s hole
And the woodpecker said "God bless my soul"
Put it took, Put it backr put it back - Roeeeeeoeeplaee itt
Sooooooooooooooo I put my finger back in the woodpecker*s hole
And the woodpecker said "God blesa my soul*r
'Jake it out ~ put it back - Take it out Reeeeeeeeeverse itt
etc Revolve Rotate.* etc #
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