aviation songs

[Smokey]

Give Me Operations

Author unknown, Air Force traditional

CHORUS:
Give me operations way out on some lonely atoll
For I am too young to die; I just want to grow old

Don't give me a P-38; the props, they counter-rotate
She's smattered and smitten from Burma to Britain
Don't give me a P-38

CHORUS

Don't give me a P-39; the engine is mounted behind
She'll tumble and roll, and she'll bore a deep hole
Don't give me a P-39

CHORUS

Don't give me a Peter-four-oh; it's a hell of an airplane, I know
A ground-looping *******, you're bound to get plastered
Don't give me a Peter-four-oh

CHORUS

Don't give me an old Thunderbolt; she gave many pilots a jolt
It looks like a jug, and it flies like a tug
Don't give me an old Thunderbolt

CHORUS

Don't give me a P-51; the airplane that's second to none
She'll loop, roll and spin, but she'll auger you in
Don't give me a P-51

CHORUS

Don't give me an F-82; that monster from out of the blue
You won't understand just who's in command
Don't give me an F-82

CHORUS

Don't five me an old Shooting Star; she goes, but not very far
She'll rumble and spout, and will surely flame out
Don't give me an old Shooting Star

mil2

[k9kiwi]

There's a home for batchy airmen
Down in sunny Sudan
The airmen are all batchy and so's the bloody Old Man
There's bags and bags of bullshit
And saluting in the square
And when you're not saluting
You're up in the flaming air!

Oh, we're leaving Khartoum
By the light of the moon
We're sailing by night and by day
Oh, we can't stand the heat
We've got nothing to eat
We've thrown all our rations away!

So - sail on, Somersetshire
The skipper looks on her with pride
He'd have a blue fit
If he saw any ****
On the side of the Somersetshire!

This is my story, this is my song
I've been in this air force too f**king long
So God bless the Rodney, Revenge and Renown
But we can't say the Hood 'cause the blighter's gone down!

J**gered-I, whadya say?
I'll f**k all the SPs that come down our way!

[FLYBOYJ]

A Classic....

After the turn of the century
In the clear blue skies over Germany
Came a roar and a thunder men had never heard
Like the scream and the sound of a big war bird

Up in the sky, a man in a plane
Baron von Richthofen was his name
Eighty men tried, and eighty men died
Now they're buried together on the countryside

Ten, twenty, thirty, forty, fifty or more
The Bloody Red Baron was rollin' up the score
Eighty men died tryin' to end that spree
of the Bloody Red Baron of Germany

In the nick of time, a hero arose
A funny-looking dog with a big black nose
He flew into the sky to seek revenge
But the Baron shot him down - "Curses, foiled again!"

Ten, twenty, thirty, forty, fifty or more
The Bloody Red Baron was rollin' up the score
Eighty men died tryin' to end that spree
of the Bloody Red Baron of Germany

Now, Snoopy had sworn that he'd get that man
So he asked the Great Pumpkin for a new battle plan
He challenged the German to a real dogfight
While the Baron was laughing, he got him in his sight

That Bloody Red Baron was in a fix
He'd tried everything, but he'd run out of tricks
Snoopy fired once, and he fired twice
And that Bloody Red Baron went spinning out of sight

Ten, twenty, thirty, forty, fifty or more
The Bloody Red Baron was rollin' up the score
Eighty men died tryin' to end that spree
of the Bloody Red Baron of Germany

Ten, twenty, thirty, forty, fifty or more
The Bloody Red Baron was rollin' up the score
Eighty men died tryin' to end that spree
of the Bloody Red Baron of Germany

[syscom3]

Flyboyj, on Discovery Wings, they had a show on the F105.

There was a song composed by the 'Thud pilots in the Vietnam war. Pretty sarcastic and funny.

You ever hear it?

I gave up a long time ago trying to find the lyrics.

[pbfoot]

That was the first piece of music I ever bought Joe

[k9kiwi]

About the P-39

Take the connecting rod out of my kidney,
The piston from out of my brain,
From the small of my back take the crankshaft,
And assemble the engine again!

[FLYBOYJ]

Originally Posted by syscom3

Flyboyj, on Discovery Wings, they had a show on the F105.

There was a song composed by the 'Thud pilots in the Vietnam war. Pretty sarcastic and funny.

You ever hear it?

I gave up a long time ago trying to find the lyrics.

YEP!!! Great songs, I've been looking for them too!

[FLYBOYJ]

Originally Posted by pbfoot

That was the first piece of music I ever bought Joe

Now I know were both old farts!!!!

[syscom3]

That song was from 1967.

Song was "Snoopy vs the Red Baron"

By the unforgettable "The Royal Guardsman"

[pbfoot]

red river rats
River Rats
you'll find the link for their hymn