Mechanics' Rosary, The

DESCRIPTION: "There's an awful noise at times Comes from our planes." The mechanics call it names. It won't go. They put in ten cylinders and ten valves, "And when your daily work is done, You'll count them each and every one, That is YOUR rosary"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1917 (Nettleingham-TommysTunes)
KEYWORDS: technology pilot | plane rosary
FOUND IN: Britain
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Nettleingham-TommysTunes, #70, "The Mechanics' Rosary" (1 text, tune referenced)
Roud #10760
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "My Mother's Rosary" (tune)
File: NeTT070

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