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THE WOLFPAGK SONGBOOK
SONGS BT FIRST LIEBTENAN* RIfHARD JONAS
COMPILED BT THE fc33T*5 III5T0IIGAI. SECTION
CATT1IN RODNET V. GOX JR. - HISTORIAN
1ST LT JOSEPH W. FOBES - ASSISTANT
A10 WILLIAM eONTRERAS - AR6HIVIST
FIREBALL ON THE HILLSIDE
There1s a fireball down there on the hillside
And I think maybe we've lost a friend,
But wefll keep on flying and'we111 keep on dyinf
for duty and honor never end*
There's an upended glass on the table,
Down in front ©f a lone empty chair
Yesterday we were with him, today God be with him,
Wherever he is in your care*
They were four when they took off this mornin'
And their duty was there in the sky,
Only three ships returnin', Blue k ain't returnin'
To Blue h then hold your glasses high*
Repeat First Verse *
MY DADDY DIED ON NORMANDY'S SAND
My daddy died on Normandy's sand
Trying to give the Frenchman back their land
My brother died in Korea's deep and drifting snow
And if my country needsme, I'll g©#
My daddy was a brave man, I heard my Mama say
He left home when I was only two.
I still remember tears of pain and pride Mom shed that day
But Daddy said, "It's what I have to do*rr
My brother looked a lot like my Daddy, Mama said
On the day he kissed us both go©d-bye.
Mama cried again with the girl that he had wed
My brother said that for the Flag he'd die*
Again, my country said te Mam, I need your son, mam
She gave musch and how it hurts, I know
But this country gave me what I have and who I am
And for my God and country I'll go*
A GIB NAMED RICHARD
Now let me tell you the story of a GIB named Richard
And the way that he did fail
He planned ©ut the target, grabbed his eld trusty hammer
Went to fly a Commando Nail*
Did he ever return, yes, he surely returned
With his scope film in his hand
When the DCO saw his documentation
He said, I want to see that man*
Richardfs OAP was a place called Deng Hei
And the sun was at his back
He stuck his head in the scope and ran ©ut the cursors
Thinking this time I've got a shack*
Did he ever return, yes, he surely returned
Thinking he!d performed in style
Unfortunately, when the film was developed
He had missed by seven miles*
Well Gel. Mereney picked himself off the the ceiling
Screaming loudly F*S.H*
Send me Compton and Cox and get them here in!a hurry
T© consider Richard's fate*
Did they ever return? Did they ever return!
They were there post hastej you bet
And the colonel said, "Take Dick off the schedule.
He!s the worst that I've seen yet*"
Now all day long Richard sits around the Squadron
Crying who will fly with me?
All I need is only ten more counters
Until Frisco Bay I see*
Did he ever come back, yes he made a come back
They gave Dick one special good deal
Said you1!! be back on status just put five 75>Ofs
Down the smoke stack of H©'s steel mills.
Very early next morning, then we found Poor Richard
With his scope film in his hand
He was all set to go bomb the mills at Thai Nguyen
Said I1XI show'em I'm a radar man*
Will he ever return? Will he ever return?
Will he learn to radar bomb?
If he ever comes back, next it's Hui Hung Ferry
Then we'll send poor Richard home*
I'VE BEEN EVERY WHERE
Well, I toek *ff fr©m Ub©n in a thick and heavy driving rain
I t©ted my b©mbs out t© Green Anchor tanker plane
I had a brand new AC riding in the front seat
A guy with six months RTU, before that a rrtweet,r
He asked me if my counters numbered much more than ten
I said listen Mac, there ainft n© place up there I ain't been
CHORUS:
I!ve been everywhere, man, I've been everywhere
I've crossed the mountains bare, man, I've seen the flak filled air
Of SAM's I've had my share, man, I've been everywhere
Hanei, Haipheng, Phuc Yen, Yen Bai, L©ngs©n, H©a T*ac
Phu The, Sen Tay, Mao ^inh, Nam Dir.h, Thai Binh, Bac
Ninh, Thai Nguyen, Gia Lam, Viet Tri, D© S©n, Thud K:dge,
Mig Ridge, Nartheast Railr©ad, Bac Mai, Ninh Grang, Bac Giange,
Pee-yang«
REPEAT CHORUS
Sam Neue, Ban Ban, Quang, Son la, Bat Lake,. D©ng Hei,
Quang Khe, Thanh H©a, Red Reute, Black R©ute, Blue Reute,
Purple Reute, channel 97, and the Red and Black River Valley
Landside, Waterside, d©wn the slide, dang my hide
In t@w, el #sst©wn, uptown, dawntawn
REPEAT CHORUS
CAN YOU SAY WILL THE SUN RISE TOMORROW?
Can yeu say will the sun rise tomorrow?
Will there be any time left to borrow?
Will the peet make a rhyme
Will there be any time
Can you say, will there be a tomorrow?
Seems to me I have been here forever
Will this wa, ever end, maybe never
Will the dawn still arrive
Will I still be alive
Or will I sleep alone here forever?
There's someone who I!m sure loves me only
She's the one or ^v mind when I!m lonely
Does she know? Can she see?
Is she still true to me
D©es she kn©w what it's like to be lonely?
From the sea comes the s^", dawn is breaking
S*©n the fight for my life I111 be making
If I die over here
Will they know? Will they care?
Will there be joy or hearts that are breaking?
YANKEE AIR PIRATE
I am a Yankee Air Pirate, with DT's and blood shot eyeballs
My nerves are all rundown from bombing downtown
From SAM breaks and bad bandit calls•
Chorus-
A Yankee Air Pirate, A Yankee Air Pirate, A Yankee Air Pirate am I
A Yankee Air Pirate, A Yankee Air Pirate, If I don't get my hundred,
I'll die.
I've carried iron bombs on the ©utboards, flown high cap for F-1-0 Thuds
I've sniveled a counter or two once or twice and sweated my own rich
red blood,
REPEAT CHORUS
I've been downtown to both bridges, to Thai Nguyen, Kep, and Phuc Yen
And if you ask me, than I'm sure you can see
There's no place up there I ain't been.
REPEAT CHCRUS
DOWNTOWN
When you get up at two o'clock in the morning
You can bet you'll go - Downtown
Shaking your boots, you're sweating heavy all over
Cause you get to ge - Downtown
Smoke a pack of cigarettes before the briefing's over
Wishing you weren't bombing, wishing you were flying cover
It's safer that way-
It's hairy as Hell down there-
You know you're biting your nails and you're pulling your hair
You're going downtown- where all the lights are bright
Downtown - you'd rather switch than fight
Downtown - hope you'll come home tonight - Downtown, Downtown
Planning the route, you keep hoping that you won't have to go today-
Downtown
Checking the weather and it's scattered to broken
So vou still don't know - Downtown
Waiting for the guys in TOC to say you're cancelled
Hoping that the "words"* they give will be what suits your fancy
Don't make me go -
I'd much rather RTB-
And so you sit and you wait thinking, Oh FSH
I'm going downtown - that's why I'm feeling low
Downtown - but I don't wanta go
Downtown - going to see Uncle Ho - Downtown, Downtown
Pistol Force - burners now - Barracuda has sweeping guns
Disregard the launch light, no threat. Like heck, there's
a pair at 3 o1clock - Let's take her down III II
BANANA VALLEY
Just g© d©wn t© Banana Valley
G© ©n down and meet y®ur fate
G© ©n d©wn t© Banana Valley
But when y©u g© d©wn, d©wn, d®wn, you better learn t© hate
I g©t friends in Banana Valley
I get friends that learned t©© late
I g©t friends in Banana Valley
They g© d©wn, d©wn, d©wn, fcause they did n©t hate
There's snakes in the weeds in Banana Valley
Them snakes in the weeds know h©w t© hate
Them snakes in the weeds in Banana Valley
They g© d©wn, d©wn, d©wn> and there they wait*
I heard all !b©tit Banana Valley
How fighting them snakes c»uld be s© great
S© much fun in Banana Valley
Gotta g© d©wn, d©wn> d©wn, and investigate•
Tw© weeks ag© in Banana Valley
Tw® ©f my friends killed ©ne ©f them snakes
Tw© weeks ag© in Banana Valley
They went d©wn, d©wn, down t© attend the wake,
S© ge ©n d©xra t© Banana Valley
G© ©n d©wn t© meet your fate
G© ®n d©wn t© Banana Valley
But when y©u g© d©wn, d©wn, d®wn, y©u better learn t© hate#
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