REUNION SONGS

 

 

THE VOODOO, CLUNK AND YOU MY FRIEND

 

Lyrics by Bob Gillet (Tune-Lili Marlene)

 

There were lots of squadrons

Many years ago

Flying in a Clunk

Was different don't you know

It wouldn't go fast enough they say

To catch those guys in TCA

But we'd soon have a brand new plane

To take the pain away.

 

 

We knew that Avro Arrow

Would put us on the map

But wily John, he came along

And sawed them up for scrap

And then he did something really dense

A Bomarc "thing" for our defence

And then we were disbanded

It didn't make much sense.

 

 

The Bomarc was a bust

They took our clunks away

Went shopping for an intercepter

In the USA

Sixty-six Voodoos, not brand new

We didn't care, at least they flew

They came with Silver Bullets and

Thank God, a crew of two. 

 

We were back in business

ADC was swell

Supersonic snapups

That airplane went like hell

It's all over now, but it was grand

We made our mark, we made our stand

The Voodoo, Clunk and you my friend

In Air Defence Command.

 

 

POUR US A DOUBLE

 

Lyrics by Bob Gillet (Tune-Pack up You Troubles)

 

Pour us a double and we'll chew the rag

And smile, smile, smile

Sometimes on squadron we were in the bag

But boy we had some style, well sometimes

What's the use of worrying

It never was worthwhile, so

Pour us a double and we'll chew the rag

And smile, smile, smile.

 

 

Pour us a double and we'll reminisce

And smile, smile, smile

We're gonna talk about the days we miss

When Avro was in style, ORENDA

Bomarcs were for burying

They never were worthwhile, so

Pour us a double and we'll reminisce

And smile, smile, smile.

 

 

Pour us a double and we'll have a chat

And smile, smile, smile

Broadcast Control was never worth a rat

We missed them by a mile, or fifty

Chaff made my life miserable

And ECM was vile, so

Pour us a double and we'll have a chat

And smile, smile, smile.

 

 

Pour us a double for the hell we raised

And smile, smile, smile

Forty years later and I'm still amazed

'Cause there is no denial, that Voodoo

Burner take-offs woke the dead

Their thrust was quite beguil...ing

Pour us a double for the hell we raised

And smile, smile, smile.

 

 

Pour us a double and we'll shoot the breeze

And smile, smile, smile

There are so many happy memories

In that old squadron file, remember

Life is short, but we are here

So linger just a while, and

Pour us a double and we'll shoot the breeze

And smile, smile, smile.

 

 

THE GUYS I USED TO KNOW

 

Lyrics by Bob Gillet (Tune-It's a Long Way to Tipperary)

 

 

It's a long time since I was merry

It's a long time ago

It's a long time since I was merry

With the guys I used to know

On squadron.........

Goodbye to the Voodoo

Farewell to the Clunk

But it's a long, long time since I was merry

With you, you big hunk.

 

 

WE WERE THERE

 

Lyrics by Bob Gillet (Tune-Over There)

 

 

We were there, we were there

When the CLUNK wasn't junk

We were there

The ORENDAS humming

The Russians coming

And there was panic everywhere

In the air, we were there

We were two, to a crew

What a pair

Now it's over

We're out to clover

But we won't forget

We were lucky, we were there.