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TITLE: 497th TFS Night Owl ' s Song Book

AUTHOR/COMPILER:

BRANCH OF SERVICE: Air Force

UNIT/AGENCY: 497th Tactical Fighter Squadron

DATE: 1967

PLACE: Ubon Rachathani RTAFB

SOURCE: Joe Tuso

NOTE: 79 songs, approximately half of which have Air Force content, apparently compiled at Ubon in 1967

CONTENTS:

Note: Songs marked with one asterisk are Air Force songs from World War II or the Korean War, or with no Vietnam references.Songs marked with two asterisks have specific Vietnam content.

1. Air Force Song*

2. Air Corps Lament [Glory Flying Regulations]*

3. Air Force 801 [Itazuke Tower]*

4. Bosom Buddies**

Note: Preceded by a Vietnam version of "A Young Fighter Pilot Lay Dying"

5. Bell Bottom Trousers*

6. Come and Join the Air Force*

7. Here's to the Regular Air Force [Call Out the Goddamned Reserves]**

8. Tiptanks and Tailpipes*

9. If You Fly**

10. I Wanted Wings*

11. Jolly, Jolly England [I Don't Want To Be a Soldier]*

12. Guinea Waterfall*

13. O'Reilly's Bar ['Twas a Cold Winter Evening]*

14. Just Give Me Operations**

15. Big Eye**

16. MIG-21 [I T'ought I Taw a MIG-21]**

17. Red Nose MIGs**

18. TAC Headquarters [PACAF Headquarters Is the Spot]**

19. Flak Showers**

20. You Can Tell a Fighter Pilot*

21. Napalm **

22. Once They Were Happy*

23. On Top of Old Thud Ridge**

24. Parties, Banquets and Balls**

25. Let's Have a Party**

26. Save a Fighter Pilot's Ass [Phantom II]**

27. Singing So Long**

28. There Are No Fighter Pilots Down in Hell**

29. Throttle Bender**

30. Who Owns This Club?**

31. Zoot Suits and Parachutes*

32. Wreck of the Old 97*

33. Have I Told You Lately That I Love You?

34. Cool Water

35. If You've Got the Money, I've Got the Time

36. San Antonio Rose

37. Yellow Rose of Texas

38. Red River Valley

39. The Cowboy's Lament [Streets of Laredo]

40. Tennessee Waltz

41. Blue Eyes [I'm Thinking Tonight of My Blue Eyes]

42. Home on the Range

43. Pack Up Your Troubles

44. Tipperary

45. Over There

46. Tell Me Why

47. Seeing Nellie Home

48. A Man Without a Woman

49. Paddy Murphy

50. Wabash Cannon Ball

51. For Her Lover Who Was Far, Far Away*

52. Just Because

53. Give My Regards to Broadway

54. Far Above Cayuga's Waters

55. On Moonlight Bay

56. Shine On, Shine On Harvest Moon

57. Goodnight Irene

58. For Me and My Gal

59. My Wild Irish Rose

60. In the Evening By the Moonlight

61. By the Light of the Silvery Moon

62. Keep the Home Fires Burning

63. When You Were Sweet Sixteen

64. Long, Long Trail

65. My Gal Sal

66. Dixie

67. Swing Low, Sweet Chariot

68. Lili Marlene

69. My God How the Money Rolls In

70. Minnie the Mermaid

71. The Blue Tail Fly

72. Titanic

73. Roll Your Leg Over

74. The Foggy, Foggy Dew

75. The Persian Kitty

76. That Old Gang of Mine

77. You Tell Me Your Dream

78. When You Wore a Tulip

79. Ballad of the 497th

Tune: Whiffenpoof Song**

NOTES UPDATED: 11 April 2025