Musical Airs
Songs inspired by the early age of flight.
- By Rebecca Maksel
- AirSpaceMag.com, February 19, 2009
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If you’re able to disregard the fact that the airplane pictured on the cover doesn’t resemble any known World War II-era bomber (maybe, just maybe it’s a T-6 Texan), and that the song title, to be grammatically correct, should be “My Bomber and Me,” you’re left with a catchy tune “dedicated to the bomber pilots of the U.S. Navy”:
We’re out at sea on a carrier waiting for orders to fly.
So clear the decks, for we’ve got to scram
We’re off to do a job for Uncle Sam.
So “contact” up in the air we go
Over the land over the sea after the foe.
“Contact” up in the air we fly
Higher and higher my bomber and I.
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Comments (2)
I believe that, from the final sentence of this snippet from the song, you can interpret that the song's lyricist intended the title to be a shortening of something like, "My bomber and I fly high in the sky." Other than that, I'm a long time fan of this site. Keep up the great work!
Posted by Mike Burkholder on February 25,2009 | 01:27 AM
I'm not sure how my submitted comment of 2/25/09 lost its first lines but, in them, I disagreed with the author of this article. "My bomber and me" would be the grammatically incorrect form. If one were to use a pronoun rather than "My bomber and I" that pronoun would be "we" as in "We fly high in the sky." In the same vein, "My bomber and me" would need to be replaced with "us" which would result in the grammatically incorrect "Us fly high in the sky." Although it is the more colloquially popular, "X and me" followed by a verb is still grammatically incorrect. I stand with Jay Garside and his lyrics. I hope that this comment does not make me appear to be a grammar goon because I don't normally point out bad grammar but, when I see correct grammar being identified as being wrong, I feel compelled to respond. Thanks for your great website!
Posted by Mike Burkholder on February 28,2009 | 01:11 PM