A popular song from 1939
Words and music by Dave McEnery
Arranged by Lindsay McPhail
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
A ship out o’er the ocean, just a speck against the sky,
Amelia Earhart flying that sad day,
With her partner, Captain Noonan, on the second of July,
Her plane fell in the ocean far away.
Chorus
There’s a beautiful, beautiful field
Far away in a land that is fair;
“Happy Landings” to you, Amelia Earhart,
Farewell, First Lady of the Air.
Verse 2
She radioed position and she said that all was well,
Although the fuel within the tanks was low,
But they’d land on Howland Island to refuel her monoplane
Then on their trip around the world they’d go.
Verse 3
A half an hour later on an S.O.S. was heard.
The signal weak but still her voice was brave,
In shark-infested waters there, her plane went down that night
In the blue Pacific to a wat’ry grave.
Verse 4
Now you have heard my story of that awful tragedy,
We prayed that she might fly home safe again.
In years to come though others blaze a trail across the sea,
We’ll ne’er forget Amelia and her plane.
Sung by Laurence Rubenstein: