Yankee Air Pirate
A Phantom pilot has a name for everything. His wife is affectionately called 'Mama.' If he's not married, his sweetheart is a 'Dolly.' He calls his airplane a beast, a bear and a hog. The folks up North have a name, too, for the guys who fly the Wolfpack's Phantoms. [Snipped]
- I am a Yankee Air Pirate
With DTs and blood-shot eyeballs
My nerves are all run down from bombing Downtown
From SAM breaks and bad bandit calls
A Yankee Air Pirate, a Yankee Air Pirate
A Yankee Air Pirate am I
A Yankee Air Pirate, a Yankee Air Pirate
If I don't get my hundred, I'll die
I've carried iron bombs on the outboards
Flown high CAP for F-One-Oh-Thuds
I've sniveled a counter or two once or twice
And sweated my own rich red blood
A Yankee Air Pirate, a Yankee Air Pirate
A Yankee Air Pirate am I
A Yankee Air Pirate, a Yankee Air Pirate
If I don't get my hundred, HI die
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Copyright © 1969 Dick Jonas. All rights reserved.
Words and music: Dick Jonas; Enchantment Music/BMI