Old Number 9

Old Number Nine
circa Korea

Twas a dark and stormy night, not a star was there in sight
All the Mustangs were tied down to the line
When a lonely volunteer stood in mud up to his ear
He'd orders to fly old Number Nine.

Well, his back was racked with pain as he climbed into the plane
A lonely tear was forming in his eye
And he offered up a prayer as he climbed into the air
He knew this would be his night to die.

As he flew o'er Hagaru he let loose a bomb or two
And he figured that he ought to call it quits
But how was he to know that he's fly so doggone low
That the bomb blast would blow his plane to bits.

In the wreckage he was found, thinly spread around the ground
The Crunchies, they raised his weary head
With his lifetime almost spent here's the message that he sent
To the buddies who'd be sad to see him dead.

I used an eight to ten delay, but it didn't work that way
Without a tail a Mustang doesn't fly
Tell the Skipper now for me, he's got only twenty-three
He can roll up the ladder, Semper Fi.

Oscar Brand
- Tell It To The Marines
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  - Call Out the Corps Time: 1:06
  - Cuts and Guts Time: 1:26
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