Napoo -- Fini

DESCRIPTION: "Watch the 2 c's burning, Watch the windsticks squirming, The R.A.F. has chugged his inside out, All on his blooming own, Can't yer 'ear it grinding... Don't yer 'ear' the fabric rip? -- List ter its sad, sad moan."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1917 (Nettleingham-TommysTunes)
KEYWORDS: technology | plane
FOUND IN: Britain
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Nettleingham-TommysTunes, #75, "Napoo -- Fini!!!" (1 text, tune referenced)
Roud #10757
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Keep the Home Fires Burning" (tune)
NOTES [28 words]: The "2 c" of this song refers to the reconnaissance aircraft the BE 2c. For more about this seemingly much-loathed aircraft, see the notes to "The Pilot's Psalm." - RBW
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File: NeTT075

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