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Old 14th Sep 2009, 09:30
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Union Jack
 
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Try the tune for the RAF Classic, "Chocks Away!"

Excuse me, Blacksheep, the tune is actually that of the early Victorian song "Villikins and his Dinah", to which, to quote the Fleet Air Arm Songbook, the original 13 verse A25 song was written by David Wright and Derek Stevenson in "Cabin 75 in the Arab Quarter of HMS FORMIDABLE in 1942/43", before evolving into the later 25 verse edition, as well as a five verse (at least) rotary wing version.

Well done Dave!

Jack

PS And, to be fair to Blacksheep "With a too-ra-li-oo-ra-li-oo-ra-li-a" is indeed the chorus of Villikins!
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