I'd Like to Find the Sergeant

DESCRIPTION: "I'd like to find the Sergeant who forgot to hook me up (x3), And I ain't gonna jump no more." The paratrooper catalogs all the people whose sloppiness left his parachute non-functional. "Glory, glory, what a hell of a way to die."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1967 (Ward-Jackson/Lucas-AirmansSongBook)
KEYWORDS: death soldier technology
FOUND IN: Canada
REFERENCES (3 citations):
Hopkins-SongsFromTheFrontAndRear, p. 123, "I'd Like to Find the Sergeant" (1 text, tune referenced)
Ward-Jackson/Lucas-AirmansSongBook, p. 244, "Passing Thoughts" (1 text, tune referenced; this version omits the "Glory, glory, What a hell of a way to die" chorus)
LibraryThingCampSongsThread, posts 24, 35, "(no title)" (1 mention of the "Oh cor blimey what a hell of a way to die" chorus, from user John5918, posted August 29, 2021; there are several songs which use this chorus but the only verse given is closest to this)
ST Hopk123 (Partial)
Roud #29391
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "John Brown's Body" (tune) and references there
cf. "He'll Never Fly Home Again" ("Glory, glory what a hell of a way to die" chorus) and references there
cf. "He Ain't Gonna Jump No More" (subject of death by parachute)
File: Hopk123

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