6th Airborne

Airborne

You can always tell a Gunner by his greasy hands and vacant stare - and
You can always tell a Bombardier by his manners debonair - and
You can always tell a Navigator by his pencils books and such - and
You can always tell a Pilot - but you can never tell him much.

Roll Call Thoughts

We've stood in the rain, the snow and the sleet,
We've stood there for hours with nothing to eat
And why have we stood there, so "Browned off" and mad?
Because Unterofficer Noyes just couldn't add.

We've dug nice long tunnels through miles of sand.
Made fancy clothes and hid in tin cans.
But why have we failed to leave "Kriegie" Land?
Because Henry the "Butcher Boy" is always on hand.

We don't like this camp, so windy, so bleak,
And the barking of watch-dogs that bother our sleep.
Oh, Major Von Muller please give us a break;
Just call of your Blood-hounds and let us escape!

Bailing Out

I'm bailing out, I've had my share
Of all this thunderous flak filled air.
We've lost two engines - one and three
Can't see no future here for me.

I hate to leave, but can't stay
With half our tail shot away,
Not to mention little things
Like gaping holes in both our wings.

Our fuel tanks are leaking fast,
And they say that #2 can't last.
What was that I heard them shout?
Number 4 is conking out?

Well bugger me, I see no reason
To stick around if it's 'open season'
On Forts like this, so here I go.
I'm bailing out - - Cheerio!


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