Hello everyone,
Here is a songbook courtesy of Rainer Otter. This Word songbook is titled the 37th BS Squadron Songbook (1.5MB):
http://horntip.com/2002.06.01-37th-bs-b-1b-sqdn-song-book.pdf
This songbook was probably done by Jeffrey Hoyt and Steven Beasley as the following is found imbedded in the Word document code:
Jeff and Denise Hoyt
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Jeffrey Hoyt was a B-1B pilot and Steven Beasley was a Senior Airman both served at Dyess AFB, Texas. Dyess AFB's 28th BS was the Air Force's only formal training unit for the B-1.
If you would, please don't release the songbook to the internet as it may be detrimental to those still serving.
BTW, Lydia this songbook has "Swing Low" (pg 25-6) and mentions the gestures.
Yours,
Jack Horntip
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For those researching military songs, it is often difficult finding the texts of songs (primary & otherwise). Here are large multi-MB PDFs of rare military songbooks which I currently making available to researchers:
Military Xerox-lore found in WWII collections:
ca 1943 http://horntip.com/1943ca-bawdy-xerox-lore-and-broadsides.pdf (1.8MB)
ca 1944 http://horntip.com/1944ca-misc-xerox-lore-and-typescripts.pdf (4.0MB)
ca 1944 The Drunk's Album (a RAAF [Royal Australian Air Force] songbook).
http://horntip.com/1944ca-the-drunk-s-album-[raaf-songbook].pdf (2.1MB)
1945 Mess Hall Songs & Rhymes of the Wartime RAAF
http://horntip.com/1945-mess-hall-songs-1961-reprint.pdf (9MB)
March 1945 Songs of the Century [100th Bomb Group]
http://horntip.com/1945-songs-of-the-century-[100th-bomb-group].pdf (2.7MB)
ca 1947 Ballads of World War II by Henderson:
http://horntip.com/1947ca-ballads-of-world-war-ii-by-henderson.pdf (8.5MB)
ca 1966 Fleet Air Arm Song Book (1st edition):
http://horntip.com/1966ca-the-fleet-air-arm-song-book-1st-edition.pdf (5.2MB)
ca 1968 Drinking Songs & Dirty Ditties songbooks [35th Tactical Fighter Wing]
http://horntip.com/1968ca-35th-tactical-fighter-wing-two-songbooks.pdf (6.8MB)
ca 1969 Songs of SEA & Other Things & Places (with Stag Bar Supplement):
http://horntip.com/1969ca-songs-of-sea-with-stag-bar-supplement.pdf (17.8MB)
ca 1991 335th TF Squadron "Chiefs" Songbook:
http://horntip.com/1991ca-335th-f-s-songbook.pdf (5.3MB)
2003 Rainer Otter's Fortuna's Combat Songbook
http://horntip.com/2003-02-04-rainer-otter-s-Fortuna-s-Combat-Songbook.pdf (11MB)
If you are interested in the Fleet Air Arm (British) songs. You will need to order the 2nd edition of The Fleet Air Arm Song Book (ca 1979). It has different content than the 1st edition (provided above). You can purchase the 2nd edition online for only 4pounds here:
http://www.fleetairarm.com/catalogue/group.asp?group=4&Start=4
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