There's No A.M.O. About Love

DESCRIPTION: The singer asks "Sir Archibald" why the A.M.O.s leave so much out, for "There's no A.M.O. about love, You've missed out nothing else from rats to rations," but noting that helps the singer in dealing with women. Other odd A.M.O.s are listed
AUTHOR: FLying OfficerArthur Macrae (source: Ward-Jackson/Lucas-AirmansSongBook)
EARLIEST DATE: 1967 (Ward-Jackson/Lucas-AirmansSongBook); reportedly written 1942
KEYWORDS: humorous recitation soldier love questions
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Ward-Jackson/Lucas-AirmansSongBook, pp. 201-202, "There's No A.M.O. About Love" (1 text)
NOTES [71 words]: The "Sir Archibald" of this song is presumably Archibald Sinclair, 1st Viscount Thurso, who was Secretary of State for Air 1940-1945. An A.M.O. was an "Air Ministry Order"; as the song implies, some of these pertained to discipline or the like, but a lot of them were advice on how to deal with various circumstances an airman might encounter. As a result, there were doubtless a LOT of them, which this song makes fun of. - RBW
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