Curly's Airships - CD1 - 4 - Drifting About Like a Bad Smell
CURLY: Most of us were Navy men. But our Boss was a topping old Army General, And we'd all been made one tiny part Of this brand-new Royal Air Force. But they were all Heavier-Than-Air: 'Birdmen', And didn't exactly make us welcome. Said airships drifted about Like a bad smell...
We were the future for all long-range flight 'Cause planes would never be The size to compete. Oh yes, I know That sounds comic in hindsight. But we were just bursting To prove it was true...
But it was clear a Zeppelin Makes a pretty lousy warship; One burst of tracer And the thing explodes. Our General was nuts on airships Like the rest of us, And game for any stunt To show them in a peaceful role. He sent us on some comical missions, Like dropping leaflets Advertising Victory Bonds Over Sheffield and Bradford, Manchester and Liverpool, Towing a socking great banner behind us, And, just to add to the general festivity...
A cold and terrified RAF band Crammed onto the machine-gun platform Perched right up on top of the hull, Banging away for dear life As we droned up and down...