Wreck Of The Old Ninety-Seven-Oscar Brand

[ti:Wreck Of The Old Ninety-Seven] [ar:Oscar Brand] [al:The Wild Blue Yonder: Songs For A Fighting Air Force] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Wreck Of The Old Ninety-Seven - Oscar Brand [00:04.00]The Wreck of the Old 97 [00:05.15]There were 97 airplanes warming up on the apron [00:07.52]Far as the eye could see [00:10.21] [00:11.03]Now the first 96 were recent construction [00:14.64]But the last was a 51-D [00:17.24] [00:21.48]Then a 2nd Lieutenant wandered into operations [00:24.31] [00:24.95]Asked for a ship to fly [00:28.28]They said young man we are very short of airplanes [00:31.85]But we'll get you a somethin' by and by [00:34.67] [00:38.64]Now the first 46 are reserved for the Majors [00:42.40]The captains have the next 49 [00:44.69] [00:45.32]There's only one other ship on the end of the apron [00:49.01]Said the Shavetail and that one is mine [00:51.22] [00:55.79]So he flew over Tajon and the Taju airstrip [00:59.38]When the ceiling began to fall [01:01.91] [01:02.50]The clouds closed down on the tops of the mountains [01:06.27]He couldn't see the ground at all [01:08.57] [01:13.28]He flew through the rain he flew through the snowstorm [01:16.72]When the light began to fail [01:19.51]Then he spied a railroad goin' in his direction [01:23.42]And he said better get there by rail [01:26.19] [01:30.55]He flew down the valley and he dodged through the canyon [01:34.03]Keeping that train in his sight [01:36.58] [01:37.21]'Til the rails disappeared in a hole in the mountain [01:40.91]That was the end of his flight [01:43.09] [01:47.73]It was Old 97 with her nose in the mountain [01:51.27]Her wheels set akimbo on the track [01:53.72] [01:54.30]Yes her throttle was bent in forward position [01:58.18]But the engine was facing straight back [02:00.75] [02:04.90]Oh ladies ladies take fair warning [02:08.27]From this time now on [02:11.31]Never speak harsh words to your high-flying pilot [02:14.67]He may leave you and never return