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Old 30th December 2005 | 10:01
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From: N54 58 34 W02 01 21
1950s ATC (Air Training Corps) song, though doubtless of much earlier vintage:-

He jumped from forty thousand and forgot to pull the cord,
He jumped from forty thousand and forgot to pull the cord,
He jumped from forty thousand and forgot to pull the cord,
And he ain't gonna fly no more.

They scraped him off the tarmac like a pound of strawberry jam,
They scraped him off the tarmac like a pound of strawberry jam,
They scraped him off the tarmac like a pound of strawberry jam,
And he ain't gonna fly no more.

(We were a simple lot, so we needed simple, easy-to-remember lyrics.)
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