Sabre Song

DESCRIPTION: "Break Left, Break Right, Streamers on the wing, Flick roll, Slow roll We do anything. We're the Joy Boys, the Joy Boys, The Boys of Shiny Two" who never worry
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1967 (Ward-Jackson/Lucas-AirmansSongBook)
KEYWORDS: pilot nonballad
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Ward-Jackson/Lucas-AirmansSongBook, p. 257, "Sabre Song" (1 short text)
NOTES [65 words]: Ward-Jackson/Lucas-AirmansSongBook says that the pilots in this song flew the Sabre fighter. That's the North American F-86 Saber fighter, a jet aircraft that was the dominant American fighter in the Korean War. It's interesting to find a British song about it, since it was primarily an American plane. But I note that the song itself never makes mention of the plane the pilots fly. - RBW
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File: WJL257

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