Airmen's Opening Chorus

DESCRIPTION: "D'ye ken 25 when the sun shines bright, Going on bomb raids, their chief delight, Showing the Huns... the way to Hell in the morning." They rise late when they can. Officers are hard to deal with. It's "the humours of war" that make them do what they do
AUTHOR: J. C. Whittaker (source: Ward-Jackson/Lucas-AirmansSongBook)
EARLIEST DATE: 1916 (in a camp revue, according to Ward-Jackson/Lucas-AirmansSongBook)
KEYWORDS: hardtimes pilot technology
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Ward-Jackson/Lucas-AirmansSongBook, p. 18, "AIrmen's Opening Chorus" (1 text, probably not traditional, tune referenced)
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "D'ye Ken John Peel?" (tune) and references there
cf. "The Air-Crew' Wish" (another J. C. Whittaker song)
File: WJL018

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