Song of the Cadet, The

DESCRIPTION: "My style you'll quickly get, An everyday Cadet, The usual type, with mustache and pipe, And occasional five bob bet." The first, second, third, and fourth termers describe themelves; each is a different sort of young man
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1925 (Ward-Jackson/Lucas-AirmansSongBook)
KEYWORDS: pilot derivative clothes technology
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Ward-Jackson/Lucas-AirmansSongBook, pp. 99-100, "The Song of the Cadet" (1 text, 1 tune)
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "A Most Intense Young Man" (i.e. "When I Go Out of Door") from Gilbert and Sullivan's "Patience" (tune)
NOTES [67 words]: This is quite closely modeled on the style of the source song. The first chorus of the Gilbert & Sullivan song runs
A most intense young man,
A soulful-eyed young man,
An ultra-poetical, super-aesthetical,
Out-of-the-way young man!
And the first chorus of the "Song of the Cadet" reads
A most intense young man,
An ever so fit young man.
But ne'er a gyration, nor examination,
Easily beat young man. - RBW
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