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By WALLACE IRWIN
(Air-"Sas-kat-Chewan")
By the Banks of the Seine
I bought a Blériot,
But the monoplane did remain
Contrary-oh.
In a Nieuport next and a Farman, too,
I tried to fly o'er the ocean blue
To a girl by the Sas-kat-chewan,
To a girl by the Sas-kat-chewan,
But my planes came down for the lack of gasoline,
My oil-cups, too, ran as slow as vaseline;
My engine skipped
And my wing-tips dipped
And I came right down, very badly ripped,
Far away from the Sas-kat-chewan,
Far away from the Sas-kat-chewan.
Chorus: Flow, river, flow
Down to the sea!
Tell my loved one not to wait for me.
True, dear one, true,
I'm somewhat overdue-
But hear my plight:
It's a very long, long flight
From the banks of the Seine for a guy to try and light
On the banks of the Sas-kat-chewan!
Though I've heard through the sky
How Atwood flew across
From St. Louis to N. Y.,
He blew across.
And how Rodgers, too, in a baby Wright
RG
401
From sea to sea made a record flight-
Nary cent from that fast-match-'e-won,
1
Only thanks for that fast-match-'e-won.
$3.41
But to cross the sea by a route ethereal,
It fills my soul with a pang funereal.
'Tis a wide, cold span
For a lonesome man;
So I think I'll sail by the Lusitan!
To the girl by the Sas-kat-chewan,
To the girl by the Sas-kat-chewan.
Chorus: Flow, river, flow,
I'll be there soon,
I am waiting for the Ganz balloon.
True, darling, true,
It may be overdue;
For though he may
Come the Chris Columbus way,
It is many a mile from the far Canarv Isle
To the banks of the Sas-kat-chewan!
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