Hush-A-Bye Baby (54 Squadron Version)

DESCRIPTION: "Hans vos mine name, and a pilot vos I, Out mit Von Carl I vent for a fly." Both are in Albatros scouts. They how to harass the B.E.'s -- but then two "Sops" (Sopwith aircraft) pursue Carl; "Oh, hush-a-bye baby on the tree-tops."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1967 (Ward-Jackson/Lucas-AirmansSongBook)
KEYWORDS: pilot death derivative lullaby
FOUND IN:
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Ward-Jackson/Lucas-AirmansSongBook, p. 47, "Hush-a-bye Baby" (1 short text)
NOTES [19 words]: Presumably to the tune of "Rock-A-Bye Baby," but Ward-Jackson/Lucas-AirmansSongBook does not say so explicitly. - RBW
Last updated in version 6.8
File: WJL047

Go to the Ballad Search form
Go to the Ballad Index Song List

Go to the Ballad Index Instructions
Go to the Ballad Index Bibliography or Discography