Omer Drome

DESCRIPTION: "I've got a windy feeling round my heart, And it's time that we went home. I've got a great big longing to depart Somewhere back to Omer Drome." The singer's plane is failing; the observer says they should head back. He wants to go home
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1917 (Nettleingham-TommysTunes)
KEYWORDS: soldier technology home
FOUND IN: Britain
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Nettleingham-TommysTunes, #38, "Omer Drome" (1 text, tune referenced)
Ward-Jackson/Lucas-AirmansSongBook, p. 54, "Omer Drome" (1 text, tune referenced)
Roud #10783
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "My Old Kentucky Home" (tune) and references there
cf. "A Trench Parody" (lyrics)
File: NeTT028

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