Those Shaibah Blues

DESCRIPTION: "A little piece of mhutti fell from out the sky one day," so they set up an air base there at Shaibah to control Iraq. "I've got those Shaibah Blues, Shaibah Blues, I'm fed up, and I'm tired, and I'm old," and the singer has been stuck here for years
AUTHOR: Lt. J. C. Whittaker, R.F.C. (source: Ward-Jackson/Lucas-AirmansSongBook)
EARLIEST DATE: 1967 (Ward-Jackson/Lucas-AirmansSongBook)
KEYWORDS: soldier hardtimes | Iraq
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Ward-Jackson/Lucas-AirmansSongBook, p. 94, "Those Shaibah Blues" (1 text, tune referenced)
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "A Little Bit of Heaven" (tune)
cf. "Shire, Shire, Somersetshire" (lyrics)
File: WJL094

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