This Is the Flying Corps

DESCRIPTION: "This is the Flying Corps, So people say, Where air mechanics lay the drains For two bob a day. Oh, you should hear them sing, 'Roll on when my four is in, Then back home my hook I'll sling, And there I'll stay."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1917 (Nettleingham-TommysTunes)
KEYWORDS: soldier technology home | air flying corps
FOUND IN: Britain
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Nettleingham-TommysTunes, #32, "This Is the Flying Corps" (1 text, tune referenced)
Ward-Jackson/Lucas-AirmansSongBook, p. 26, "This Is the Flying Corps" (1 text, tune referenced)
Roud #10788
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "There Is a Happy Land" (tune) and references there
File: NeTT032

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