From the film “The Wild Blue Yonder”, 1951.
Words and music by Robert Crawford.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- Off we go into the wild blue yonder
Climbing high into the sun
Here they come, zooming to meet our thunder
At ’em, boys, give ‘er the gun
(Give ‘er the gun now!)
Down we dive, spouting our flame from under
Off on one helluva course
We live in fame or go down in flame
Hey! Nothin’ll stop the U. S. Air Force - Minds of men fashioned a crate of thunder
Sent it high into the blue
Hands of men blasted the world a-sunder
How they lived God only knew
(God only knew then!)
Souls of men dreaming of skies to conquer
Gave our wings, every resource
With jets before and bombs galore
Hey! Nothin’ll stop the U. S. Air Force - Here’s a toast to the host
Of those who love the vastness of the sky
To a friend we send a message
Of his brother men who fly
We drink to those
Who gave their all of old
Then down we roar
To score the rainbow’s pot of gold
A toast to the host of men we boast
The U. S. Air Force, Zoom! - Off we go into the wild sky yonder
Keep the wing level and true
If you’d live to be a gray-haired wonder
Keep the nose out of the blue
(Out of the wild blue!)
Flying men, guarding our nation’s borders
We’ll be there, ever on course
In echelon we carry on
Hey! Nothin’ll stop the U. S. Air Force