We Are the Air-Sea Rescue

DESCRIPTION: "We are the Air-Sea Rescue, No ruddy good are we, The only time you'll find us Is at breakfast, dinner, tea, And when we see a dinghy, We shout with all our might... 'Damn you, chaps, we're all right.'"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1967 (Ward-Jackson/Lucas-AirmansSongBook)
KEYWORDS: technology rescue derivative
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Ward-Jackson/Lucas-AirmansSongBook, p. 174, "We Are the Air-Sea Rescue" (1 text, 1 tune)
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "The Church's One Foundation" (tune) and references there
NOTES [52 words]: Ward-Jackson/Lucas-AirmansSongBook does not say so, but I suspect there was a song in praise of Air-Sea Rescue of which this is a parody making fun of the rescue flyers (who generally did not take direct part in combat but who worked very hard and often were shot down despite not being in fighting planes). - RBW
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File: WJL174

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