Unknown - Dying Airman Lyrics

THE DYING AIRMAN

A handsome young airman lay dying
And as on the airdrome he lay
To mechanics who 'round him came sighing
These last parting words he did say:
"Take the cylinders out of my kidneys,
The connecting rods out of my brain;
The crankshaft out of my backbone
And assemble the engine again.

Note: one of many, many parodies of Tarpaulin Jacket