You'd Be So Nice to Come Down With

DESCRIPTION: A song of a paratrooper to his parachute. "You'd be so nice to come down with, When the aircraft's out of sight, Up above me you look so lovely, In your silk gown flowing white." "Can't live without you my love."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1967 (Ward-Jackson/Lucas-AirmansSongBook)
KEYWORDS: technology derivative | parachute
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Ward-Jackson/Lucas-AirmansSongBook, p. 237, "You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To" (1 text, tune referenced)
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To" (tune)
NOTES [79 words]: The source tune, "You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To," is by Cole Porter, and was written for the 1943 film "Something to Shout About." It was recorded by Dinah Shore. Edward Foote Gardner, Popular Songs of the Twentieth Century: Volume I -- Chart Detail & Encyclopedia 1900-1949, Paragon House, 2000, p. 469, estimates that this was the 22nd-most-popular song in America in 1943, reaching #5 in April of that year. (#1 for the year being Johnny Black's "Paper Doll.") - RBW
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