She's a Swell Dame

DESCRIPTION: "Oh, she's plump and she's bonnie to look at... Yet her nature is such that it doesna tak' much, To put her right up in the air." About managing a barrage balloon. "It taks a guid man Tae attend tae a barrage balloon."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1967 (Ward-Jackson/Lucas-AirmansSongBook); reportedly sung 1941/1942
KEYWORDS: technology work
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Ward-Jackson/Lucas-AirmansSongBook, pp. 177-178, "She's a Swell Dame" (1 text, 1 tune)
File: WJL177

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