Fitters' Song, The

DESCRIPTION: "We are the Fitters, Fitters A.E. are we, are we, Armourers and Fitters." They make the planes ready to fight and fly. Other workers -- riggers, copperslights -- but the Fitters do the real work. The song lists some of the repairs they do
AUTHOR: Words: A. C. Kermode / Music: R. H. Cort (source: Ward-Jackson/Lucas-AirmansSongBook)
EARLIEST DATE: 1925 (comic opera "Flat Out," according to Ward-Jackson/Lucas-AirmansSongBook)
KEYWORDS: soldier technology worker
FOUND IN:
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Ward-Jackson/Lucas-AirmansSongBook, pp. 106-113, "The Fitters' Song" (1 text, 1 tune)
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "The RIggers' Song" (from the same musical)
cf. "The Coppersmiths' Song" (from the same musical)
File: WJL106

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