Radio roundelay

Radio roundelay

Sub-titled 'Mosquito's at Swannington impatient to land. Eight verse poem about aircraft orbiting waiting to land.

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RADIO ROUNDELAY

Mosquito’s at Swannington impatient to land

‘Round and Round I go
Heigho! Heigho!

‘Never get shut eye at this rate’

‘Oh hell you never can tell’

‘Listen old man I’ve got a date
With SNAKEHIPS and she’ll not wait’

‘Not with SNAKEHIPS again!
You are really tempting fate’

‘My good lord what a bore
Going round and round
The landing ground’

‘At Angels 9, 10 and 11
Going right up to blinking heaven!’

All this natter come to me
Over Swannington R/T
As Mosquito crews ‘muse’
Their patience just a little frayed
When waiting to pancake after a raid