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We fighter pilots fought The German chaps in World War IIIn Hurricanes and Spitfires Performed feats of daring doThe finest British pilots That the world could hope to haveBinky, Stinky, SquiffyFrantisek, and Stanislav...!Hold fire! Is that some foreign chaps Risking their necks?That's right, some of the bravest men Were Polish and Czech!We like to fireBeating Jerry, our one desireYe-e-eah!All we do each night is pray We'll live to fight another dayTake That, Hitler!My name is Douglas Bader Let me tell of my ordealLost both legs in an accidentSongtexteThese ones are not realThey're not real!I left the Air Force, after that Flying was a hobbyBut when war broke in 39 came back Just like Robbie...Shot down twenty two of themLed the air attack'Til finally the Luftwaffe Hit me back! Oh no, pretty baby! His plane on fireStuck in Colditz, such a shame to retireYe-e-eah!Never forget this great man's story And his role in Britain's gloryWe flew in tough conditionsLucky to survive five missionsNot that I'm complainingBut I've had just ten hours trainingEpic dogfights in the skyOutnumbered that's whyWe're now known by youAs the few...ooh, ooh...Phew, he missed me!Ahhh, ahh!The Battle of Britain Was our pilots' finest hourAlthough it seemed at firstThe Germans were the stronger powerOoh, so strong!We mustered all our courage In summer 1940Scrambled air force squadronsTo fly sortie after sortieSaw Nazi invasion off Just as airmen shouldOur bravery meant Hitler Wouldn't be back for good, no, noWe beat the FuhrerWithout us frequent flyers Your life would be poorer Ye-e-eah!Britain securerOur story of heroics will forever endureWoah-ye-e-eah!So I think you'll find it's trueNever in the field of human conflict was so much owed, by so many, to so few Aus Songtexte Mania