Skidding Down the Runway

DESCRIPTION: Complaints of the crew of a shot-up plane: "She'll be skidding down the runway when she comes." "She'll be needin' ammunition when she comss." "She'll be weepin' tears of oil when she comes. "She'll be plugged chock full of holes when she comes."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1979 (Hopkins-SongsFromTheFrontAndRear)
KEYWORDS: technology flying hardtimes soldier derivative
FOUND IN: Canada
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Hopkins-SongsFromTheFrontAndRear, p. 121, "Skidding Down the Runway" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #29421
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "She'll Be Coming Round the Mountain" (tune) and references there
File: Hopk121

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