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THE YELLOW BOSE OF HANOI _ ^ r ;+; * -
Tune* The Yellow Rose of texae'V •"
There*s a yellow rose in Hanoi rlj-i'^r&
Who loves a fighter cretuTr^ ■*'",...*\.,,.,,
She runs the Hanoi Hilton ;w K. t, ;a~v eir" ■
And she longs to welcome yo».r .., L- '—,«■
Ker father's name is Ho Chi Uinh ^ "**u a
He hasa long goatee. :,;/.^n ,efc|©
And if you greet him nicely,; &
He wiiriet you 'stay for '£9&&a^:<^ *•''■■''.-.:■ '
CHORUS* Her eyes Wjcshape¥like almonds*
And I"* 11 give.you A hunch,._._.
Cause they're a hasty bunch.
It's fish heads and rice for breakfast
And fish heads and rice for.-tea*.-,.
, - v But so long as they don't ".catch" at,
''"'.-,- <•,.* No f*?*1 keads ?nd 'ice for ne^,.,T
Oh, you may fly a Phantom, „'„. :ff\T
Or you may fly VThud,-^;!^1^*1
But if you flyto Hanoi, apo*3-~ •*—
Better listen to me Bud. :V-rn—•>
You may talk of girls in Bangkok, >-i^ry~
Or Los Angeles and such, .*.- - ''*»,*»
But the yellow rose of Hanoi™^ «±|a\
Is just a bit too much. ;■■ \v 7nA
CHORUS*--5 ■**** "bri£ isiacr"Ets? »$& b**-i5in«i *g
■..-■ : ■ — ■ . • ■,;. ■?9Yi$--&z& : , ■
■ ' **dvtl s xo\ "nlteU J*jx£ -.BgbJtfi *unT wioG ■. /
■„"-;'' " ; • ""' :vm?ryF n^sif^ ylloL
; -Da Nang lullabye -■■r«\'H eniaaiJ .reatl. .
Tune* My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean
CHORUS* •■ Roll in, rolJ* iriilB±n:^. *d$ .^J
Boll in, roll In, ;. . ^
fcy God how ^e^ootfevrto^^ .
I :went off i* Southeastr^^^^^v''^iS;^^:
To fight my own war in the^^rf;^^f^'^:
I've spent half my tour in a bunlcer^*5 0i *
I don't think that its really faliu.
Each day I go off to fly combat,
Then have a beer when I return. .(•,
I usually finish the first one,r ;t
Before incoming rounds are heard^mi.. oi\;s£&^'■^>._
___CHORUS* %, .gj.-y.a .da sl-gslQ.-Vteii- —-
Each ©orning we go dffc^to iabmbat^ .«S. §*^
At dawn in the clouds, fog and rtlni* ^^ ^H
The Gyreens are up even sooner*---^..s^ssl - eH.
To recapture the rasap at to Nang* tfnitilffl^
CHCROSt •■ > ..".,*£vfi Taes:^0:|a5 ^>-.-^_v:.;
And now ay tour is all over C
lfll resume the life that I led*
My wife thinks that its rather silly,
To put sandbags around our bed* %^&
Jolly Green Hymn,
, Tune, Marine Hymn:. ^:ivd ^ s2
From the mountains of J&igia /„,. v.;^
/•-.• To the plains of Uncle Ho. "\ """ **w^r~
*> -Your Jo|iy Greens will grab you, '
Bo natter where you go, .". " ~
•ith very little gas. -, *
They will hang it out a mile, my boys.""5"
-fo-save-your rosy ass. " ' l , \. '.' : *;
• • ,"iy~ rilz-r-s. zii *Hn± liaisi? j5:'ic» Z -
___■ • _ '■ ''jie^sws^v— /JT^nfo"ic5 I vs-i:- ,-j'c'aS.~"
•'■ •■ • ; ' ■ .nvJi'iZ't r.-¥ht"z,*$d 5 ?T3rv n*dT -"-*■
Ode to Robin Qlds . ■ t ,o-s ^Isooni aiol-aa
, Robin Olds is his name. *2US:fO
Fighting MIGS is his game.
He's got big balls of brass. .<M*rsc ^;3
rie knocks MIGS on their ass. * ■' -c-sfc *A
2f v!fds Ws Woif Pack 9reat. --WrW). *ff-•
Fighting, and fuck, shit, hate. ■■«*•* ~T
Forty-five you've arrived,
Go get number five. tZUg&O
"ZS'to JLls zI *&'ot" y-s «on b~A
. ..: _ __ _' .cal I ,*-»4i* 3'ifl s-^5 oc*r:33*i [«'?
The Battle of the Eed River Valley"*
Tune: The Battle of Hew Orleans
Ftob Ubon. Thailand we took" aJlittle trip
Along with Robin 01ds_ in a Phantom 4 ship
We joined with the tanker, and we took a little gas
Then pressed up North For ^o kick the Commies* ass
£BQRIISi-J»ell, theyitot' theirlsS'slanti ike%
shot their SAM Hissiles"
Anrf~ they sent up their MIGS where
the flak couldn't go
,ifc^-3is xh^y tried like hell to .knock down
., „., f. *n~" the Phantoms . " "
■ .itenwu Hootch of Uncle Ho
01* Robin said, We can t|ke?* em by surprise
* "le*!! attack from above and cut 'em down to size
Just follow ayexample" and they'll "fall like'-a
If you save your missiles til we're in their
six o'clock ,: ';:;\* :.'- .\l.'. •»•. '* -
Well, we tuned our XlM-9's and we tuned our
* ****•» - ,..,t;;::.;4' z£y« ,;:... .,
And we turned on our pods and got a green light
We punched off our tanks and we crossed the I
•■;- "Red River
Down Thud Ridge just itchinf for a fight*
01* Ethan said they're West at 35 I
, So we took separation and really looked alive I
'then Robin said I've got a Tally Ho \
Tt\B Air Dot is centered so Ifm gonna let 'en go I
CHORUSs (Continued next page) I
The Battle of Red Eiver Valley - continued r
Well tbe missiles went ballistic and was Robin;
ever pissed* _i->■--*
You'd think twas the first time the old man ever
missed. . : rr.il: * ♦ :• , ^*- ^ c /^.-v/i
Bobin went heat and made another pass^ '~5 f^
A sidewinder missile went up the MIGS as$5c^ic£
CHCRUSj -.*-.'•,'.
Battle Hymn of the SSnro Gunner
Tune: Battle Kymn of the Republic-;- ?v'-~>"
Mine eyes have seen the Gloyr of the coming of
the force' *'*"" \\ ,,;::,-.:,^ ,_^-:
And Uncle Ho has yelled and cussed and screamed
till he is hoarse» \ • - ;* '*-:,t ->'
*Go out and man your guns my boys you have a job
tO dOW * -
■ - • - •<* r
The Thuds are coming in., T^Z ^.^^^mX ^i
CHORUS; Gory, gory what* a helluva way to~die~rr
Gory, gcry\vhat a helluva way to die
Gory, gory what a helluva way-to die^.
I don't what to fight no more*::v e*^
Now as the Thuds are getting close, beside my gun
I stand. | \\
We all should feel quite proud to stand in defense
of this land.fc„::: , "_, :, ____ r .;,_ ._, _
But getting my "ass blovm to bits is not^at 4
calT^grand>t' """" * V^.V',r' / ..." ^:y^J^^^-
The Thuds are coming in. *~~" ~ ^. " """
chorus* m£^fvc" '-.-.iiS^: ■-; V^'^N*^
There*s 750fs al^'around, the sky is full of shit
And smoke and dust and aims and legs? don't like
it one damn] bit.
If they miss me |fcis last time I think that.l
shall quit.Hi
The Thuds are comlhg in.
CHCRUS* . WLy
We got hit and nowfare down below in Commie hell
Each day they scaM us pissless in a way we know
so well imb-
Our Commie Satin Hfcf stand up; you hear that
bastard yell :|i>
The Thuds are com£|| in.
chorus* • liii:-''^';
WEfVE BEEN WORKING "ON THE RAILROAD W
We*ve been working on the railroad ju *
Every fucking day, ■-.-- /%| \
-We've been.working on the railroad,, ^1
Up Thai Nguyen way* ^ 1?? ^ J-*ll -«
Uncle Ho ain't got no railroad, *.~\ jll -*•*
No rolling stock or switches, ^tfl
But.Seventh frags us on the railroad, lo :r-
Those dirty sons of bitches* _;; ;_J /%"'!''
85*s will scragg your old Yazoo! ,11
Fuck, Shit, Hate, Shit Hot too . jL-
—"So what the hell is new. ^^ " ;; /.';; ^Ij
— Someone1s up a tree on Thud Ridge, rpf
Someone's in the drink I know o-o~o-o . 1
Someone1s in the karst near Hoa Lac, T
Shouting on the radio. . ^.r \y.
Shouting, Fee, Fi Fiddly-i-oh p %
Fee, Fi Fiddly-i-oh, oh, oh,oh ■'
Ffee, Fi Jolly Green Oh ,1
^Only 99 more to go. ~ '■'"•* c ^ :; :
#1 Clismas Song ..._._.-.- -■.;-,■• .-■.. :£---:,$ -3it? ■..■.-"
Tune. :\ ■'■•.■■• ■ ..;•:,.; a.-?,,;.- *te%-.-
Chestnuts roasting on a Thailand fire,
Bull frogs singing in the choir, c ,
Samlars singing Ho, Ho, Ho, . . ;,*;:.
It's Melly Clismas you know.
Geicos clawling acloss the cold bare floor,
Filed 1 ice^cpoking on the stove,.
Tee Lucks kissing neath the mistle toe,
It's Melly Climas you know.,
Sweet lips waiting for my tender kiss,
v GarllcLJbReath..gets in my way. __......... _ _^_,^
VCfs roasting in an napalm fire.
Melly Clismas Uncle-Ho.
Cripples limping down a small side street,
Napalm rising at their feet,
I dropped it low, but they went too slow, -
Melly Clismas dear Ho.
VC making love near rice paddy,
Tee Lucks eyes are all aglow,
, Twenty mike-mikes up his ass,
Tee Luck screaming go, go, go.
Wolf Pack sends greetings from old Robin Olds,
Chappie joined him over there,
We111 carry on, the stars will be bright,
Over Ubon Rjachtani tonight..*
The Happy Befuelerh :nO} vzi^i 1U& -srfr "h* rr?o2
Tune* The Happy Wanderer
"*T;^ *ii o r. ,-..iJ inr- *■/•'". i./^?? I^^f-ff £*W
Each day we 90 a wandering *j cti. iot--. ;id ^71
Along your tanker trade*
And invert tells us with a smile,"^i ^s^ ^loW
You passed them ten miles back* tn;iL %*z'v*2tTk
CHGBUSt Breakaway, breakaway, breakaway! x!""e:*T
• Breakaway-- ? xis ^v, cdr*; 'llo*x Xl*t '
Breakaway, breakaway lii&rtir -3di* bntd^B
We hear the boomers cry.-^ *sM lei bnA
The 52fs will win the war
We gather from'reportsivp^?"^ zir^lii rrorfto xK>
I'd trade one little tanker crew^ nlrtt IdB
For a wing of Stratoforts**?:^! e^t^ Hon enT^
-risi ?j:#rf£ *^t p*3>t£$n ^ols-3
CHOEUSi ' jT^ot .v^s r ;no^ \c*;ta- SiiT
We deploy .across the seas:cr:t 3r>- ?£# ^ r«___
To lands both near -and; far.:$&ht^i*j;-zr ds bnA
Your navigator piiids^^with us
To tell him where we -are*e ^rs \i'^: %!.cz&d s£
♦v>> e^j- nl icJ^ KoSf *siT
CHORUS*
If you weren't here to fight the war
I heard a pilot said
This would a boring job
We'd never cross the Red
CHORUS*
The Green Beret - r '.'"■'■','. . «■,-■-"
Hey there fella, in the green beret, a „-.».. ri~
After this day you can truly say-V," ^ llT^ <£>
That ole Charlie died in the"blast jj'Z^Tziir sfff--
And the Mini gun ha* saved your assi ■v^J/'ti"^*oT--'
*.— '"'-" oj au pi*ior/ fft'&W
CHORUS* Escalators of the war, v -ydq Kn**c»X'oT-
As "the" afterburners roar.;~-' -vX"**?-™, oi
Air Force flyers of the slcy,•'"*;"*;;+ „-
Charlie Cong, prepare to die.
^^^■i^r *■ ^ «ry»* fi| 5:^o -s^feJ" ^W
Paratroopers with sinihg .bootsJ^^h wc vslq el
Funny clothes and silk parachutes, :~ %^uZ^l 3r?x
The average troop, so young and fadrr^r^ So ^v
When there1 s trouble, they call for Ai^nc, m^&i
'" ' -*-•-■ I &'v r'->5rl sreri*
:-lesa 11*t%
Stout leg soldiers on the ground,
Watching centuries fly around* ~ ./•=--0j ^jj-st; eW
_ Keep you head turned to thf sky^^r^^^r^^^
That's why today you did not die*~ ~
chorus* . "• ^^!3.!^J?:;:lf,!"I\S
»/«*??■%;; £.f^ *^'liO *5S-**'lu Oj" CO £^1^
Hey there sailor on the 'sea^I :^^^nl oniii^A-*
Bow you head, it's 'the.jF-4C^*^ rrrc fc\^V^%V^W
While ole Qiarlie goes up.iiif mqk«j^■ i?*.xi'jT-sw sA
Drink up Swabbie and fii^sh you cok^^|^^0^ ^ -
CHQRDSa—~~
■ *fr*-:*-r *rl«i^r* .no ^rrtvfOds-s^rf3**'
Watch our Charlie, check you njAy£ls eiTJf?nJ*iier!I
Theref s a naoalm cocktail, heref s the mix*: x *Z^m- -
For .we are lout to get your ass.,:^ \a \^,iil^m^-
And leave it there in the elephant g^tss*- <y**vs/fr
- •■ ■■;.'•.'■.' ■ 11^7 n^:- loot \;n& a/ .■
Q*0^5* ';' ' ■ ;l^l lie! MiT'eo^i oi- 3izb y::&
• ■' •.. • ■'•• • . t ■;...: v '■*■■-. ■
Song of the Wolf Pack .„,^.~! 0-rr
Tune Ghost Riders In The Sky
Oh pilots of the fcolf Pack 'i: '&'A^ JtlV^Mi
. Go to the briefing room •' ' .^ /£* "~'^Z'':
The mission is a good one •"-• "*T\'>. .. . ;
To the MIGS it will mean doom r- *' "'' *"'" li*v
We're going up to Hanoi ,,..„„ „ -„-,..,.
To Kep and Phuc Yen too ' ?x' -<*—=.._*«-->.*..-j
To write our bloody record \„'„.^~„''\
In the annals of the blue ^^"L^
We take off in our Phantoms . ^, ^...,.._ ,*.,.-.-'
To play our deadly cards / l;^t'V 1?/^;^ V/^".*v
The engines make our thurider * ^ll^il j'" , *
And our eyes are steely hard ! ; :;'r " Jl"; t
We're on the vmy to battle :^r *'«*~- ; -
_ The forces of the foe _ ....._„ ^M^,..^
~~^ We're certain to dfe^trby them ~~r """~t '............~«wr.
WefXl seek them high and low*
We battle today, and make our kills ' ^ ^ -
The Wolf Pack in the sky ~*>fC J /^"'I
,$;:-; r:/ :^j ucv v-bor v^ «;tj^;:a
We cycle through the tanker ^.-.-.^
The tension startscto rise ;cv .;^
We 90 to meet our destiny
-Awaiting in the skies .. \~~/r.l~ll f:"U Yfa
We tune and arm our missiles L*"-^^ ^ ^/^
As vie streak across the black r? ^/ "~ ^'t^ .
Ckxr boss is in the forefront " ---^ iu ^- ^
Leading the Wolf Pack .->--™~
We're showing on their radar , ...
Their hearts are full of hate J " '/;:'"'*;,
They rise to meet the challenge " m': 3 ^ l
To meet their bloody fate * "j / ^; ^ *";;
They're headed for disaster **' ^ •
As any fool can tell **—>t^
They dare to face the Wolf Pack :wX,:"
We'll shoot them clear to hell
Continued next page
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Song of the Wolf Pack (Continued) ^
We battle today, aid make our kills
The Wolf Pack in the Sky r 2 * \-^ :"'^
Wolf -Pack -lead says ^Contact* :- ;-
They're MIGS, a Sight of two \ ■ ■:-; :^- ~:-Y
Ifa too close for the sparrow
The sidewinder will do ■.-. >.i-^-r£ t^^rw
I'll roll into the six o'clock —
Behind the trailing I4IG : ,t3
And let him have a missile
Just like a fiery GiG
Oh other flights engaged*more MIGS
Hot action filled the air :■?...;■
The Wolf Pack's lust was sated
_ _Before heading for their lair
The enemy won't soon forget "^U/^-v-
The awesome deadly toll
As the 8th Mng troops return to base
And makerrrmir victory rolls -^
We battle today and make our kills
The Wolf Pack in the sky• '.
^rv\sa-t .4'4\>1^ , c-r e*x:?~* 2ti\s-i'~:-L 1.-^v :l .
. doc £n.iiod ;! bi'.*:-.// axnT
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Wolf Pack Fighting Song
Tunes Cornell Song
Contact joy stick back ,
Roaring thru the blue, ^ , ,
We are the men of the Great Eighth Wing?n:
Fighters tried and true '*'*•, . * ;t " ^
We are the heroes of the night;^ 1^"::°£
To hell with the Comiesr might' 3 "J2 *-9,*'
Bold brave Wolf Pact ^ l y;«£Y^-< "*afc
Defenders of the ri^it;^J fvl ^^^l-? .
Drink a toast to ail the Wolf Pack* 3£lfc ol
To those daring men ,->»*-.- •*-'••
May they always win the battle ^^Jir^
Live to fight again „
For we are rulers of the blu# ? r X0^
MIG killing, wrecking crew - i: rV ec! ^
Fight, fight, fight, fight < *'~ „VfU#;T"*"'05 -1--
Fighting Wolf Pack true. r ^ ^ ^-:il
-•L*^**i T^ae^I jrfi}!**1! >"r^~l
* C- •*** ***" «/rwj
Our Leaders
Tune: Manana
At Phillips Range in Kansas
The jocks all had the knack
But now that we*re in combat,
We got Colonels on our back,
And every time we say shit hot,
Or whistle in the bar,
We have to answer to somebody,
Looking for a star*
CHORUS: Our leaders, our leaders
Our leaders is what they always say,
But it's bullshit, itfs bullshit,
Itfs bullshit they feed us every day*
Today we had a hot one,
And the jocks were scared as hell,
They ran to meet us with a beer,
And said that we were swell,
But Recce told the D*D*A*
And said we missed a hair,
Now we'll catch all kinds of hell,
From wheels at Seventh Air*
CHORUS:
They send us out in bunches,
To bomb a bridge and die,
These tactics are for bombers,
That our leaders used to fly*
The Big Pictures evades us,
And that is way I guess
We have to leave our thinking
To the wheels in J.C.S.
CHORUS:
(Continued)
Our Leaders (Continued)
The J*C*S. are generals, * . 7 <
And theyfre not always right, " , r
■"^OTeTime^Tthey^hai/V'tt think; it over,
Well in.to the night* v ;; ,
Wh*m they have a question, "IV
Or something they can*t hack,
They have to leave the judgement
To that money saying Mac*
chorus: r., ^ :;** ;^:- •;.. •]
Now Macfs job is in danger,
■- For he's on salary too* , _ ^,r*i,.y
To be the final say so,
I something he canft do* ;
Before we fly the mission,
And everythings 0*K*
He has to get permission
From Flight Leader L.B*J.
CHORUS:
A Pilot In A Tall Tree
Tune: The Twelve.Days of Christmas
On the first day of Christmasi 0y ,-n-f
My C# <)• gave to me
A Pilot in a tall tree . ...,.;- ^ ^ ^
On the second day of Christmas if
My C. 0. gave to me «.......* .4 — w 9c
Two big GAII's'"!/";:/^..,.^:" ^r;:, r,;^ or
And a pilot In a tall tree
On the third day of Christmas !v^ , ;5. , ;.*
My C# 0. gave to me ,,.-. :--..-. Jm.^ * _:. -
Three fuel tanks *T ^ J .„ ,
Two big GAM's
And a pilot in a tall tree :-:&- -< . li
On the fourth day of Christmas .-* *■■■-;
My C# 0, gave to me ' . : -;
Four 6AR Eights
Three fuel tanks- ,rrv^^^'*^'<- =c;7c-~#rir.--*-■*-*
Two big GAMfs V :/.".~Jr '[.'''lC^:^ ■--'-
And a pilot in a tali tree ^ , ■
On the fifth day of diristmas"
My C* 0* gave to me
—Five—MlG's — to:— chase >
Four GAR Eights
Three fuel tanks
Two big GAM's
And a pilot in a tall tree
On the sixth day of Christmas
My C. 0. gave to me .
Six SAM's a singing
»Five--MIGfs — to — chase
Four GAR Eights
Three fuel tanks
Two big GAM'e
And a pilot in a tall tree
A Pilot in a Tall Tree (Continued)
On the seventh day of Christmas*?
JMy C, 0. gave to me
Seven days of rest
Six SAM's a singing \-.c ?-.**■&:■> A*.if ^mi--;
—Five—MIG's — to — chase :-; :~c-:S ;; '^
Four GAR Eights; «;nx ■ ; ;.;-- ,^Z;: /;."'Aa-i,* yZ*
Three fuel tanks ; h,^. <-*;--' a v\'i;7? !Jty-?f t-3
Two-big GAM's '.sfi'ji* ^v*. b.-v vx:3.
And a pilot in a tall tree.-"—^ --^'^ : '"
On the eighth day of Christmas ^- r"'J i3-* ^
My C. 0» gave to me -"-•'•■ "'::^ -n-'° .; i. ;<~~^ :-,%■'.
Eight Seven-Fifties--::'"--"Vs*-'J = :'~-~ * J.r-^'t £:'£
Seven days of rest
Six SAM's a singing
—Five~MIG's ~ to — chase
Four GAR Eights
Three fuel tanks ~~;i^l *r-ui-~"- a-: ;-•?-':f-";'•"-?
_Jv»o big GAM'S:- .-... ...» &v^H ^,j;.\^-X .......
And a pilot in a tall tree. ~ -" —r~~——
Flak Showers
Tune*.April Showers • i rO
. • • ■ *.•* o;r iv so Sj ,0 ' v^
* ^ough^flak showers may come your way," '^
^ey« 11^ bring the panic, that makes you say
•My fuel in BINGO, I'm g0ing home *..
5o if you want to stay and fight you may
Stay and fight alone. ,%«r Ty; ...-
I've added throttle, I'm on my way " .I " -I
— -XJi_Uve_ to_e.omeJ»c!cLsome_other day.
So keep on strafing that position" r '
... And knock it out for me -~ , .■) -^
I'm just a close supporter, can't you'see.-"
- Jto* Can_ Tell AFighter Pilot " : ' - ~ v
Timet My Eyes Have Seen the Glory
By the ring around his eyeball,
You can tell a bombardier.
^rUr? 8 b0mb6r Pil0t b* th« I™" -round
^nd'such!1 a naVigat°r by his s-tants, maps
Big Eye ■ :' ■ ' - ? :^:^^0^^
■■■.•■-;^^;.a--;vlto«i- You Are My Sunshine "^ '" -
You are my Big Eye, my only BigEye, "
You guide my fighters
When skies are grey " - "-"'*? ■--' •-.'•;
I chase your bogies from here to Hanoi
Just to find they have gone the other way.
The other days boys, as I was flying,
I-heard Big Eye-Controller sayv
I ye got a bogie down by Hanoi,
Won t you head your jet that-a-way?"
■«r-- He said he had me in radar contact, r ' _
And I belxeved him like a dope,
He had chased a fly across the scope/
You were my Big Eye, my only Big Eye,
How could you let me down this way? ■
«y chute was swingin' - they heard me singin'
Won»t you take that Big Eye away? SinSin
Napalm
Tune* Good Ship Titanic ~?ozo:>v:: 5ir^i
l4 ^s up-by-Ran^ Ihelfcwi.-..
I was out on a recce to see what I could see ;
When I spied a farmer man with his pitchfork in
his hand, '*"*"' ;■*.,* .,y, v^on^ •:"-:
It was sad when ray napalm went down. ~ *
CHORDS* It was sad, oh, it was sad jr^ - Hr
iIAJRgs:;sad^j^ejgj^ napa^ went down -(hit
the farmer)
There were husbands atnd wlvew-.- . v ,. vv
Itty bitty children lost their lives;
It was sad when the napalm went crfoim. v i *
It was up by Dong Hoi where I won my DFC , |
I was out on a recce to see what I could see* } \\
Shen I spied a church below and I let my rockets go.f
It was sad when those rockets went down. J-, 1 [
CHORUSx It was sad, oh, it was sad ^ "-;-*, .^?. ? *
It was sad when those rockets went::dowh |l
(hit the steeple),.''"., ~\ ;v V., /., V~- IJ ft
All the people ran like helli * ^ - ^ • |/!
When those rockets hit the bell/* "" |[
It was sad when those rockets went down. ft
It was up by Thi Nugen when I knew thai I was through |l
The 37fs & 57#s had shot my turbine through. • |
It was ""Mien I Mt the: silk«0h, tay <5odr I H&trainea- 1
my milk!
|
It 'was sad when that pil^ wenriiownir"~ , - j
CHCRUS: It was sad, oh, it was sad
<
It was sad when that pilot went down (hit ^ S>
the bottom^
J.)
There were husbands and wives ''
Itty bitty children lost their lives
It was sad when that pilot went down.
-."'*■ . • - \
Ting-A-Ling ;/ M ;>. -
Beside a Vietnam waterfall ,,. „. _
One bright and smttf ds$ **^* *** **P*t ff
Beside his shattered fighter^ 2fc* f a.'ra ff
A young pursuitor lay .,____ _ ,f +^^ ^^
His parachute hung from a nearby trea"" "'""'',*"'1J
He '-was "not -yet quite dead -^"" ."":" y D*qq!^!V
So listen to the very last ^ordfe^^/t^ hX
This -young pursuitor said* Jj ^ 4:^1^™ ■
ffiiere„eY£ryih^^
Where whiskey flows from telegraph" poles
There*s poker every night
There's not a fucking thing to do
But sit around and sing - *
Where girls are really women
Oh, death where is thy sting?*
Oh, death where is they sting-a-ling-a-ling
Oh, death where is they sting?
The bells of hell wil^*ring-a-ling-a-ling ^
For you but not for metw....so|
«.... '
*
Ting-a-ling-a-ling, ling, blow it out your ass
Ting-a-ling-a-lingf* ling, blow it out your ass
Ting-a-vling-a-ling, ling, blow it out your ass
Better days aire cosing ~by and -by*-- : r
The Jflouse o.-,^ .
cr:„.
The liquor was spilled on.the bar room floor,*"r
And the bar was closed for the night, **:-
When out of a hole came a little brown mouse '"'
And sat in the pale moonlight
He lapped up the liquor on the bar room floor
And back on his haunches he sat { -'-
And all night long you could hear him roarV
"Bring on that God Damned Cat"
'**{*i*v' -' '" ;- •• ■'*■■' ' ' *-":?**■" -*■- r. "' • "' i
j- itv »' A, . - ;. ■*.-' . -
, . -
\ l^fUnpoof --—- <^& te& i*y^-----:- -
From a hootch in Southeast Asia ^ ' 7'\ ^T J~
^ I?, *k* Place where aces dwell /"It t
RTo the~ barsin old fcdafe base~~~ \;5:"?
We know so well _ ^ ; ;-;-
See the fighter jocks assemble ..... ..,-,
With their glasses raised on high
--•In a toast to a comrade who just fell
We will throw our giasseV wildly
And throw our boobs as well " " -
Til the finks at 7th Air Force go to hell.
We are poor" fighter jocks who^" ' **«*£*-; ,.<.
- 28V!,lost our way* helP» helP»;"h«lp'
' " hel * the tossn; ofL Hanoi ..today, help, help,
Steely eyed pilots up in the blue *i
. tead got tapped by a SA-2 " *
1st* 8 bawl ass or heUl «et us too :
.AB now. ■•.''"■. ..-' ■-"'j'V.v ' *"
Air Corps Lament
Tune: Battle Hymn of the Republic
"^*r*&&-** *****!n<! .*«-:*»
The Air Force has gone to Hell. : "- —<■
at every station -w»J»»._
Crucify the raan ^o breaks ^ ^-"-
The Air Force has gone to Hell ^
* ^.alrt0rne U9l<>n Mnt tonight the de.dly
1 ^re^c^n^f* T"b0lU- *'" ^ «V«
^r^Le™9 ^ dl«s ** ""ted
^'in^r "y Uke Si"lM « »»"* «elr heeds
Their spirits shot to Hell. .. ■ .
CHORUS*-
...
.^SS^™* *">-**. through . livm9"
"ndt£ir£^1"B Pilots •"• their lives to brine,-.
BUtsKcthe" a" pl* Pi"9 Pong i„ the Operations "
JSeir technique's gone to Hell
OHCEUS, .? " Continued next page
Air Corps lament (Continued) : — .
**~£i dtrare '-^ ^ «* ■'*«"•■'£
And we can't fly them for Hell. ; :i-?:
\ CHOBUSt — 4-L p--•'--'." 3 U:-j:; -f--, _,.^v, 0ysK .-
' ^"otiE Se^-50'8 W«« ^«^
The purring of your M«=»rlin »*« »"■•-»-
could -feelrr * ^^ was * s°ng your 4i«art-
"^nlSr ?? L"5 'hara*Vou with a moaning " "
groanin' squeal, M,n »
And it will not.climb for Hell. "^
^J^S^'i9h»"^tel%et ;s,!%r--'-
^entre"1^: y0ndCr ^ "" "^ ^"^K
The Air Force? liar gone to HeTlT ^ '"
CHORDS* -~Y -"'v-4iWo.;>- .- vfafwr -..iici.t.jS
•. . ill- ' ' ^ S:; i?"f-
^l^e^^
BUt0nef %*V! a11 *BOTEH *nd W're'all -so'
gosh-darn tame, |i :. so
our spirit's shottcfleii..;:'.;; ~V.7^; ' ?:rv'"-^
CHORUSi :' ":- ;f| '•>'- e:ri - ^''-'
ContinueJfnext page." '
Air Corps Lament
Tune: Battle Hymn of the Republic
* 8*tS5\S"tte days of Ben *•' ">- *•«
Ih*.Air F°rce has gone to Hell. V'* ^s.-t;M
at every station ^™'°-
Crucify the man who breaks them *-:
- . Force__has gcno to Hell. cJrJ
* m^.airb0r"e l99l0n ««*'*> *i*t the deadly
CHORUS* ■•■■,:- r . .-rfi. „4____... ._ .
^in^:: "y ake sissi« «* *■» *«»■ »«<>»
Their spirits shot to Hell.
CHORUS*
They fl^+^a^,,,,----j ^,•
hell of f^k "^°" ",UT erjets tnrouSh a living
^1^ PUOtS 9aVe their "«. to bring". .
But^they all play Ping Pong ^ ^ ^^ .
Their technique's gone to Hell.
CHORUS, ; • Continue next page
Air Corps Lament (Continued) ... ...■..'•.■:.* ■
^weTU^ d«r '" Wt/ «<<>»->'«•« ^
And we can't fly them for Hell. '^-V--
CHORUS* c'"* *' hc^t:,,,- s i.*c>i 1:, -s'.'w w 7 eyfeH ■
^oSe£your ^kw- * -^ Ww.
""V!!? ?? L"5 charms you'with a moanin*. "^
groanin' squeal, M »
And it will not climb for Hell. *--■'--
CHORUS*— ' n?1:\'i;*v:>, '---'" -;"!i! -■'■; «"*V- -'• lf-;.
The "Air "Force has" gone"to HeTlT - "" °
CHORUSi "—'=>:•.^'<sr;.- tJoi£- y-* ^i^r'Mi^.j^ ■ ■
^^^er^^^^^^^.^'
Our spirit's shot to Hell. "' ~ . : ": cut*u
, ' - - « • »■ -■• «.- -^ *-«^0 /,)r; -.t:a
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Air Corps Lainark (Continued) -,: .. ., .'; ~.U
One day I buz2j|;f an airfield with another reckless chap,
Se flew a hot jformation with his wingtip in my lap,
But there's a liew directive and we'll have no more of
-■ that ' '•■ 'If: ••■-•• ■"-- '•;. —• ^ •■•.
Or you wi 11 burn in He 11. .'.."".!: L ^ ~:::: -?
chcrusi '. m ' ' »rf'J/;-:r-; •w. .
rl|""' """ " ~ ' * * " '" •
Have you ever climbed a Phantom up to where the air
is thin? \\
Have you stuck her long nose down just to hear the
-screaming din? ' ....
Have you tried to do it lately? ' ' ' ;
" Bette. not — you1;'11 auger in. . - " ^-
tad then you'll sure «atch Hell.
Mine eyes get dim with tears when I recall the
days of old. ( "
When pilots took their choice of being old or
"young and bold".
Alas, I have no choice and I wilf live toi be Quite
The Air Force has gone to Heil."'v;; ]r:':"',/Jfl*. .
CHORUS: •f;r-»*'i
b
But smile awhile my pilot, though your eyes may
still be wet,
.
Someday we'll meet in heaven where the rules have
"■>■"■'"' not been set. -.- ,
And God will show us how to buzz and roll and
u;;.-:v really let- '• - •■•-■-
The Air Force fly like Hell. ., "M";~ ;'.'■*"" ._.
CHORUS: Glory ~ no more regulations, ? '
Elp them down at every station,
Ground the guy that tries to make one
And let us fly like,Hell.
*0
.. Bosom- Buddies,, r ,,.': i .-,'., ,^:::,T/:-■ >::-r^.f^\ -vU^v^^'V
fi A fighter pilot lay. dying /^^^vk^--':-'
** The medics had left him.for dead ^
..-.Around him women were crying t f¥
""And these are the words that he said*
* ^Jthy did I Jointhe Air Force?
-Mother, dear_Mothe^teew best. ., «..y
Here I lay under the wreckage,
' _^.:.An. F-4 all over my chest. j ;?:.5"*
Take the dive brakes out.of my kidneys,
Take the buckets out of my brain,
Take the throttle out of my shinbone,
^ uAnd assemble that Phanftm again*
.-lisS**??1 We are th* b°y* who fly high in the sky*
• _ ^ „...,.. ^^ buddies imile boozin'
^- We are the lads that they send out to diet
Boson buddies vnhile boozin*
There in the hangar they sing and they
shout
,.,,.. „._v They talk about things they Tcnbw nothing
about.
>*&'<: iz'r We are the b°ys who fly .high in the sky.
Bosom buddies while boozin*
I Wanted Wings : ■ : L ~'l
I wanted wings till I got the God Damn things
Now I dortt want them anymore* . . i-:--^ J A
They taught me how to fly,
And they sent me here to die, —'--; '-"■'
I've had a bellyful of wart
You can save those God Damn zeros for the £od Damn
heroes, .:,; -; •:; v ■.-■*-. '...:.* ^v
Cause Distinguished Flying Crosses ■./•- r r^i\--
Do no compensate for losses — Buster ~'- ^v
CKOEUS; I wanted wings till I got the God Damn things
Now I don't want them anymore.
■ * •■•■.•
I'll take the dames tfhile the rest go down in flames,
Air combat spelled romance, but it made me wet my
pants *
~
I'm not a fighter I have learned
You e#n save those messerschmitzes -"--
For the other sons of bitches
Cause I'd rather —a"women than be shot down by a
Grumman* -- Buster
CHORUSs
I'm too young to die in a damned old P3Y
That's for the eager not for no'
I don't trust ray luck to be picked up in a duck
After I've crashed into the sea
Oh I?d rather be e bellhop than a. flyer on a flat top
With my hand around a bottle, not around a God Damn
throttle — Buster
I Wanted Wings (Continued) ^x "Z ™ I'Ji \.....
I donft want to tour over Berlin or the Euhr
Flak always makes my loose my lunch
I get no hey-hey when they holler bombs away vcv it
I'd rather be home with the bunch - vrw.Wr'
Now therefs one thing you cm't laugh off that';is:?
When they shoot your —r-o£f»■... i.;:^:- -^:v =;*;;*::£
Oh, I'd rather come home buster, with my --——
than with a cluster, —• Busteri■■"v:-y:z-w ^ rz .r; ■. ~
CHORUS: • ^'%->T^:'l^-y^;' r^ 'ik
I don't fly for fun in a F-dash five crash one
Blazing a patch for Patton's tank ^j'j^KD
My wife don't want insurance and I'm not out for"
endurance, .:___. ,.:„...-, ... ..;•■;.
v^.v -z:
I'd rather go to Paris and spend'Francs^.4"::!-\?cV
In England it was blitzes and in France it is/c.;~^
Messerschmitzes ;. V..r- - C vJ^*~^ '"
Ghs I feel like such ^.sucker when'^y^-rstarts^toJ
pucker — sucker
tr-;; :r-,
CHORUS:
:^ ■ A ,.--.,^., ~;
They fed us lousy chow but we stayed alive somehow.
On dehydrated eggs and milk and'stew,-,: I h,v
What will they think of next, they'll be"dehydrating
On that, day I?ll tell the coach I'm through """"^'^
Oh, I really icve my buiapin and I like to do my , r;
pumpin, - _ ,.. .jp... ,.:^s
...-^/,'.-.»':*\--■<-.;
But I'd rather C___with''chowder than to C y i;^
with hunks of powder - Buster t;-.-....: -. -: .... ■< ^ -
,; CHGEIUS:
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If You Fly if
CHORUS: Did yotfpgo BOOM today?
Did youjj'igo BOOM today? " ::
Two morj^ blew up yesterday
:G*£. airtft here to stay*
If you fly an Eighty-nine : /'
. You must be deaf,; dumb and blind :;
For you life ai^i't worth a dime, -
What#s your scheduled blow up time?
If you fly a ninety-four * - *
You will never holler no more,
For your lot we do not pine
It's better than an Eighty-nine.
CHORUS: 'I *'••' : ■••*■---i:= --V ■'-'-■:-
If^vmi fly an Eighty-slT"" , ^
You will really get your kicks /
Bounching those sub-sonic boys / \.,.
Playing with, their radar toys*
CHORUS: I v~:-.,^ —
If you fly a 101
Tell yourself its really fun
•One day it will pitch up with you
And you will wish you never flew
CHORUS: ,..'". _
If you fly a 102 " '" : ^:.....'"
Don't go up unless its blue
For if you feel one drop of rain
You'll be in pieces not a plane.
CHORUSr
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If You Fly (Continued)
If you fly a 104 ■ -•' -
The v&ole world flocks to your door
Range is short, the wings don't last
But golly it sure does fly fast
CHORUS* I;:; -i * : ■:-:■ -
Vr If you fly a thunderchief
You will soon shake like a leaf
Flying it may make you sick ~
It handles like a great big brick
: :rCHORUS: .-.*.. v -.' ■.,- ??•::-. t •:--■- I
If you fly a Phanton two
.You're flying days will soon be through
— ^t^flies at twice the speed of sound
If you can get it off the ground
CHORUS: - " - >
On Top Of Old Thud Ridge
. Tune: On Top Of Old Saokey "%A
On top of old Thud Ridge _..
Al1 covered wi th f 1 ak *: ^
I lost my poor wing man . ,^ .
He*ll never get back "~ ; c "^ rv':-;" ^!, .^'
For flying is a pleasure
And dying a grief,
"c"l"
And a quick triggered Commie
Is worse than a thief :-^ ; J; "1 *"!. r'?-
For a thief will just rob you
...And. take all you _sayg_ *:.....
But a quick triggered Commie , r. 4
Will send you to the grave.;:*-- : ; ?v: ^; "ll
The grave will decay you
And turn you to dust : fc
Hot a Commie in a thousand
Can an old F-4 trust. ..
Now when the bad weather
Keeps the ships down
All day we can hear this
Horrible sound*
"Attention all pilots
Now listen to this
There*11 be a short meeting
That you dare not miss*"
They'll give us some lectures
Then give us some more,
But we have all heard them
Twenty-five times or more.
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On Top Of Old Thud Ridge (Continued) -;.'
Now. listen you trainees
You can't fight the group :j ;^^ *iyr-
Whateyer they tell you o c: I tuo\ II":
Is superfluous poop«
Now the moral of this story : ^A ;>r
. Is easy to seo
Don't go to Haiphong
Or old Quang Khe
■
SOU YOUK LEG OVER* *
I wish little girls were like little white rabbits,
And I were a buck and I'd teach them bad habits
OK2RUS: Oh roll your leg over, oh roll your leg over
Oh roll your leg over, it's better than way
I wish all young girls were like statues of Venus
And I were a man with a petrified penus ;
CHORUS: j^.-.iqivK -:r
-:;• ;rs:-r-I
I wish all young girls were like bats in a steeple
And I were a bat there*d be more bats than people
CHORUS:
I wish all young girls were like mountain road passes
*~—And I were a sports car I'd buzz all their asses
CHORUS*
t wish all young girls were like diamonds and rubies
And I were a jeweler Ifd polish their boobies
CHORUS:
J wish all young girls were like B-29's and I were
a Fighter pilot, I'd buzz their behinds
CHORUS* -
I wish all young girls were like strawberry patches
And I were a farmer I'd harvest their snatches.
CHORUS:
I wish all young girls were like fish in a pool.
And I were a shark with a water proof tool.
CHORUS:
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Roll Your Leg Over (Continued}
I wish all young girls were like fish in the ocean
And I were a wave I'd show them the motions.
CHORUS: = '^iV-r^~c~\- -c./ : is.
I wish all young girls were like trees in a forest
And I were a woodsman I'd split their Clitoris
CHORUS: ""** ""--J -J "*- .■-• '-"V
I wish all youno girls were like bricks in a pile
And I were a mason I'd lay them in style
CHORUS: "'" "'I %; ^ '."". :
I wish all young girls were like mares in a stable
And I were, a groom^J^mount all I was. able
CHORUS: ':iib~'-:~~l .-•; -
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JOLLY, JOLLY ENGLAND •
4:,
CHORUS: Oh, I don't want to be a pilot
I don*t want to go to war
Just want to hang around Piccadilly
on the ground
Livin' off the earnings of me high born
lady
Monday I touched her on the ankle,
Tuesday I touched her on the knee*
Wednesday success; I lifted up her dress,
Thursday her chemise I did see*
Now, Friday I put ray hand on it,
Saturday she gave me balls a tweak, tweak, tweak
It was Sunday after supper I shoved the old boy up *er
And now she earns me seven and six a week, corf blimey
CHORUS*
I don't want a bullet up me arse hole,
I don't want me buttocks shot away.
I just want to stay in England, in jolly, jolly-"^^.^
England:
And fornicate me bloody life away*
CHORUS*
Send out the members of the home guard
They*11 keep England free
You can send out your brother, your sister and
your mother
But for God sakes d-,m*t send me
AIR FORCE SONG
-~jja'^ ;&vi£ -mi:
Off we go, into the wild blue yonder
Climbing* high, into the sun V; '' "**; *f
Here * they come zooming'to meet 'our thunder^
At 'embdysy give her the gunr5 :r :: T ^^
Down we divevspouting our flarrie frbmlundert~'
Off with one hell of a roar, ^ .. . ,
We live in fame* 6ir§o down in fIam6^/* ;; ^:
Nothing can stop the U.S* Air Forces; ^; ^
Herefs a toast to the host of those who boast
the vastness of the sky# , .„, -.
To a friend we send'a message of;,'^: : v^ "'^t:
His- brother tneri who fly, n: ;; >:;\ ' *' .,"4
We drink to those who gave their ail of oId'
As down we roar to scibtethe rain£owvs'pot of gold
Here's a toast to the, host of those who boast
the U^S* Air Forte. -: '>:1p '-;;:'' V.v "r"':V*
RED RIVER VALLEY
• - •■;,- --• vL":-r" el :v? -^J ;:?i'*" .-or? e\-: V:D
To the valley he said he was flying, w.'t<
And he never saw the medal that he;earned,
Many Jocks have flown into the valley,
And a nwiber have never returned- , ^
So I listened as he briefed on the amission,
Tonight at the bar TEAK flight will sing,
But we're going to the Red River Valley,
And today you are flying my wing* ; ^•-;•:•:
;Ch the flak is so thick in the valley, 1
That the MIG's and the missives we don't need.
^Sp»ily_Mgh ^&~dp^^^ t ... .
_. And guard well the ass ^>f TEAk lead.
"T-JSteSTl-'f -things turn to*shit;in-the^valley,
And the briefing that 1 gave you don't heed,
They111 be waiting at the Hanoi Hilton,
And it's fish heads and rice for TfeAK lead.
We refueled on the way to the valley,
In the states it had always been fun,
But with thunder and lightning all around us,
~T*was~the- last -Ar#A-sRv- for~ TEAK-onev:
When he came to a bridge in the valley,
He saw a duty that he couldnft shun*
For the first to roll in on the target,
Was my leader old TEAK number-One.
Oh, he flew through the flak toward the target,
With his boaabs and his rockets drew a bead,
But he never pulled out 6f his >boaab.run,
T'was fatal for another TEAK lead.
So come and sit by my side at the briefing*
We will sit there and tickle the beads,
For we're going to the Red River Valley,
And my call sign today is TEAK lead.