If I Only Had Wings

DESCRIPTION: "Ever since the day you're sworn in, Much too early in the morning," the sergeant forces everyone to get up and get to work. The singer, tired of this, wishes he were flight crew: "If I only had wings," so that he could fly away
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1940 (published by Peter Maurice Music Co., according to Ward-Jackson/Lucas-AirmansSongBook)
KEYWORDS: soldier pilot hardtimes
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Ward-Jackson/Lucas-AirmansSongBook, p. 145, "If I Only Had Wings" (1 text)
NOTES [26 words]: A curious song, in that it neither mentions the fact that the pilots tended to get the girls nor the fact that ground crew tended to live a lot longer.... - RBW
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File: WJL145

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