I Want to Go to Essen

DESCRIPTION: "The Kaiser has seen a new kind of machine, Known as 9a's, known as 9a's." The singer says, "I want to go to Essen to lay my little egg." "So to Essen we'll go with a hell of a bombing formation, formation," to "blow all his principal shell-works to bits"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1967 (Ward-Jackson/Lucas-AirmansSongBook)
KEYWORDS: pilot derivative | bombing
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Ward-Jackson/Lucas-AirmansSongBook, p. 69, "I Want to Go to Essen" (1 text, tune referenced)
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "I Want to Go to Bye-Bye" (tune)
NOTES [65 words]: The source song, "I Want to Go to Bye-Bye" (called "I Want to Go to Bye-Bye to Rest My Weary Head" by Ward-Jackson/Lucas-AirmansSongBook) had words by Adrian Ross and music by Lionel Monckton. The sheet music says it was "Sung by Mr. W. H. Berry in the musical comedy 'The Boy.'" The sheet music bears a 1917 copyright notice. There was also a 1918 recording by Harry Glen and Quartette. - RBW
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File: WJL069A

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