Zoot Suits and Parachutes
One of the WASP trainees marching songs.
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Story behind the song
Based on the melody from "Bell Bottomed Trousers"
Lyrics
Before I was a member of the AAFTD
I used to be a working girl in Washington, D.C
My boss he was unkind to me, he worked me night and day
I always had the time to work but never time to play.
SINGING ZOOT-SUITS AND PARACHUTES
AND WINGS OF SILVER, TOO
HE'LL FERRY PLANES LIKE HIS MAMA USED TO DO.
Along came a pilot, ferrying a plane,
He asked me to fly with him down in lover's lane
And I, just like a silly fool, thinking it no harm
Cuddled in the cockpit to keep the pilot warm.
SINGING ZOOT-SUITS AND PARACHUTES
AND WINGS OF SILVER, TOO
HE'LL FERRY PLANES LIKE HIS MAMA USED TO DO.
Early in the morning before the break of day
He handed me a shortsnort bill and this I heard him say,
Take this, my darling, for the damage I have done,
For you may have a daughter, or you may have a son;
If you have a daughter, teach her how to fly,
If you have a son, put the _______in the sky.
SINGING ZOOT-SUITS AND PARACHUTES
AND WINGS OF SILVER, TOO
HE'LL FERRY PLANES LIKE HIS MAMA USED TO DO.
The moral of this story as you can plainly see
Is never trust a pilot an inch above the knee.
He'll kiss you and caress you, and promise to be true
And have a girl at every field as all the pilots do.
SINGING ZOOTSUITS AND PARACHUTES
AND WINGS OF SILVER, TOO
HE'LL FERRY PLANES LIKE HIS MAMA USED TO DO.
