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Low Flying

[Rick Kemp]

Maddy Prior and Rick Kemp sang Low Flying in 1990 on their Park album Happy Families. Maddy returned to it in 2015 on Steeleye Span’s album Conflict.

Lyrics

Maddy Prior and Rick Kemp sing Low Flying

Jonathon Wilcox, answered an advert
Next to Mercedes, in a Sunday Magazine
The RAF needs aircrew, I’ve got nothing else to do
So they dressed him all in blue, and they gave him a machine

They trained him for ages, and we paid him wages
And he passed from Cranwell, ceremoniously
The band played loudly, and his mother said proudly
He’s off to the clouds to defend you and me

Chorus (after each verse):
L l l l l l l low flying
You certainly make your presence felt
L l l l l l l low flying
You certainly fly below the belt

Call this peacetime, it’s more like Mannheim
During an air-raid in 1944
Jonathon’s Phantom frightens our children
put the kettle on ’cause he’s coming through the door

Chorus

Don’t fly in the country, go to the city
Where you’ll find more voters than sheep
Don’t be sinister, try Westminster
During the day, when the house is asleep