How Lovely It Was

DESCRIPTION: "Thanks for the memory Of biplanes in the sky, Of pilots who could fly, Of four hour trips, attacking ships, returning with a sigh, How lovely it was." The singer recalls shore leave, equipment repair, WRENs, wartime heartbreak, and service life
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1967 (Ward-Jackson/Lucas-AirmansSongBook)
KEYWORDS: navy work love separation derivative technology pilot
FOUND IN: Britain(England(South))
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Tawney-GreyFunnelLines-RoyalNavy, p. 77, "How Lovely It Was" (1 text, tune referenced)
Ward-Jackson/Lucas-AirmansSongBook, p. 153, "Thanks for the Memory" (1 short text, tune referenced); p. 248, "Thanks for the Memory" (1 text, tune referenced)
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Thanks for the Memories" (tune)
NOTES [71 words]: The Tawney and Ward-Jackson texts cited here have almost no words in common except "Thanks for the memory," but both are parodies of "Thanks for the Memories," and both are complaints about life in a British air command. It's possible that they arose independently, but they could have been able to exchange verses even so. I'm lumping them on that basis. The source song is Roud #25692, but it's not common in tradition. - RBW
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