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By Red River Dave, the Yodelling Cowboy, this is reputed to be the first ever song on commercial TV. Arranged by String Theory.

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AMELIA EARHART'S LAST FLIGHT
(Red River Dave McEnery)

A ship out on 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.

cho: 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.

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.

Well, a half an hour later an SOS was heard,
The signal weak, but still her voice was brave.
Oh, in shark-infested waters her plane went down that night
In the blue Pacific to a watery grave.

Well, now you have heard my story of that awful tragedy,
We pray that she might fly home safe again.
Oh, in years to come though others blaze a trail across the sea,
We'll ne'er forget Amelia and her plane.

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from Bits of String EP (download), released June 2, 2014

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Barnsley based 3 piece folk band armed with a vast arsenal of songs spanning several centuries and drawn from more than a couple of continents. Real folk, performing real folk music, just don't ask them to do Fields of Athenry

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