South of Columbo

DESCRIPTION: "South of Columbo, Down Koggala way, That's where we're stationed now, Please show us how To get away. We'd pay fifty rupees, And that isn't hay, Just to get posted Out Canada way." The airmen complain of life in the Indian Ocean.
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1979 (Hopkins-SongsFromTheFrontAndRear)
KEYWORDS: technology hardtimes soldier derivative
FOUND IN: Canada
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Hopkins-SongsFromTheFrontAndRear, p. 83, "South of Columbo" (1 text, tune referenced)
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "413 Squadrom" (subject of the 413 squadron)
cf. "South of the Border" (tune)
cf. "East of the Border" (tune)
cf. "South of the Sangro" (tune)
cf. "Dear Old New Zealand" (tune)
cf. "The Battle of the River Plate" (tune)
NOTES [23 words]: For the 413 squadron, which spent most of its existence based (at least nominally) at Koggala, India, see the notes to "413 Squadron." - RBW
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File: Hopk083

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