Southampton Spitfire Song

©Horace King

There's no need to take cover when you hear these engines sound,
British planes are in the skyways on their daily vigil bound,
We'll make one of their number, write our name upon the wing,
When our planes are flying over you will hear Southampton sing

There's music in the sky, don't you hear the engines humming,
Prepare to do or die, Southampton planes are coming,
Steadfast, Reliant, Spitfire or Defiant,
So give a rousing cheer, Southampton planes are here.

Speeding over the Channel, see the German bomber sail,
Limping back to Mr Goering with a Spitfire on his tail,
Hitler sitting in Munich shouts to all his men of wear,
"What's the noise for in Southampton?", then Southampton people roar

There's music in the sky, don't you hear the engines humming,
Prepare to do or die, Southampton planes are coming,
Steadfast, Reliant, Spitfire or Defiant,
So give a rousing cheer, Southampton planes are here.
So give a rousing cheer, Southampton planes are here.