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jumpng through the hole, jumping through the hole always keep your trousers clean when jumping through the hole.
when first I went to pts, my co he advised, take lots and lots of underwear you' ll need it I surmise.
 I stood right up and said sir, whatever may befall I'll always keep my trousers clean when jumping through the hole.
iwent ito the hangers, instructors by my side and at 'king kelly' s' circus had a grand and glorious ride.
 on these ingenious gadgets you will learn to fall and learn to keep your trousers clean when jumping through the hole.
he swung me in the swing, me boys, he swung me in the chute he showed me the high aperture, I thought it rather cute.
 he said this apparatus, will teach you one and all to centralise your cfg, when jumping---
wesawthe georgeous ---?
 sheets, with camouflagies on I heaqrd the warrant officer shoot such a lovely line.
 this lovely bit of stuff lads, he said, upon my very soul is sweeter than your sweetheart when you' re jum-------
one morning very early, cold and damp and dark they took me in a so calledbus out to tutton park in keeping with the weather I said to one and all I take a dim and misty view of jum-----------
they fitted me with parachute and helmet for my head the sgtr looked with expert eye, it fits you fine he said I'll introduce you now to bessie, it's what we call the balloon in whichyou will be soon, jump--------
ok up 600, haul he r up said he al for the drop, all for the drop, and 1 of them was me! so clinging very tightly to the handles on the floor I cursedthe day I volunteeredfor jump--------
he told a funny story, I couldn't see the joke in fact I really thought he was a most unsympathetic bloke.
 first he shouted 'action stations',
then he shouted 'go!' I simply couldn't stop myself from jum---------
i hit thesack, I rang the bell, I twisted 20 times then my feet entangled in the rigging lines 'now if you get a 'candle',
don't screamor make a sound cross your wings and neatly drill your grave down in the ground!
another of darky edwards vast repetoire of songs.
 in the early days of military parachuting -up to the late '50' s-the first jump was from a tethered balloon.
 kit denton also told some harrowing tales of his first jumps.
 whem I went through training,
my first 'drop' was with a deployed parachute, and myself, hoisted to the top of a 250 ft tower and dropped.