CURLY: You couldn't accuse them Of thinking too small. The new ships would each take Five million cubic feet of gas, More than two-and-a-half times As big as 'Tiny', And carry one hundred passengers And eight tons of mail To Canada or Karachi. I followed events for five years From the sidelines, But I had remained a Member of the Royal Aero Club And I'd stand in the bar With my ear to the ground... Well you know what I mean... Hungry for any inside dope, Making sure the Big Fellows Didn't forget me, 'Cause I had to be a part of it. This is what I thought airships were for And I'd be damned if I'd let them Fly off without me...
I wanna fly... I wanna fly... I wanna fly... I wanna fly... I wanna fly... I wanna fly...
It wasn't hard to get news Of the Government Ship, The one that they called the R.101, In fact you could hardly avoid it. The Air Ministry turned A whole pack of Press Agents loose. Hunting down stories or cooking them up Then they'd feed them to Fleet Street Who swallowed them all And came back for more. Typewriters always seem hungry...
AIR MINISTRY PR:- National Enterprise... The full resources of the State...
THE GENTLEMEN OF THE PRESS:- No expense spared Says Government spokesman... No half measures for dirigible flagship...
AIR MINISTRY PR:- Teams of experts... Government scientists....
THE GENTLEMEN OF THE PRESS:- Hats off to the airship master-brains... Boffins in the clouds From our Special Correspondent....
AIR MINISTRY PR- Fundamental research... Fearless innovation...
THE GENTLEMEN OF THE PRESS:- A triumph of science and technology... Airship will fly With a hundred new inventions..
AIR MINISTRY PR:- Power steering with feather-light controls!...
THE GENTLEMEN OF THE PRESS:- Triumph of British engineering... Elegant staterooms, full central heating... Free supplement With special illustrations... A triumph of British engineering... A triumph!..