Just a Little Oil

DESCRIPTION: "Can you direct me to my aerodrome? I have lost my way -- my water too." The singer asks for several things: "Just a little oil, a drop or two," gasoline, someone to swing the prop. He has gotten lost on a training flight
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1967 (Ward-Jackson/Lucas-AirmansSongBook)
KEYWORDS: pilot technology derivative travel home
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Ward-Jackson/Lucas-AirmansSongBook, p. 89, "Just a Little Oil" (1 text, tune referenced)
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Un Peu d'Amour"/"A Little Love, A Little Kiss" (tune)
NOTES [111 words]: The sheet music for the source song is headed
Un Peu D'Amour
Melodie
Song Arrangement
A Little Love, a Little Kiss
Words by Adrian Ross
Composed by Lao Silesu
It was published in 1912 by Chappell & Co., Ltd.
The interior has words in both French and English; Ross was responsible for the English words, with A. Nilson Fysher apparently responsible for the French. The English begins
When the scented night of summer covers
Field and city with her veil of blue,
All the lanes are full of straying lovers
Murmuring the words I say to you,
Just a little love, a little kiss,
Just an hour that holds a world of bliss....
There seem to have been several pop music recordings.
Last updated in version 6.8
File: WJL089B

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