That Old-Fashioned Avro of Mine

DESCRIPTION: "There are fellows who swear at machines in the air At mechanics who rig them and don't seem to care," but there is an "oily and slow" machine stuck in a tree: "Just an old-fashioned Avro with old-fashioned ways." It is able to crash anywhere
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1967 (Ward-Jackson/Lucas-AirmansSongBook)
KEYWORDS: technology derivative crash humorous
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Ward-Jackson/Lucas-AirmansSongBook, p. 130, "That Old-Fashioned Avro of Mine" (1 text, tune referenced)
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "That Old-Fashioned Mother of Mine" (tune) and references there
NOTES [48 words]: The source song, "That Old-Fashioned Mother of Mine" is reported by the Folk Song and Music Hall site to have words by Worton David and music by Horatio Nicholls (Lawrence Wright), and to have been published in 1919. It is Roud #23549, although it has only been collected a few times. - RBW
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File: WJL130

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