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Song Parodies -> "Sopwith Snipe Pushed on Through"

Original Song Title:

"I Put a Spell on You"

 (MP3)
Original Performer:

Screamin' Jay Hawkins

Parody Song Title:

"Sopwith Snipe Pushed on Through"

Parody Written by:

Robert D. Arndt Jr.

The Lyrics

In 1918 the Germans had a wide range of new fighter, bomber, and strike aircraft being introduced to turn the air war. However, the Allies were quickly trying to get new aircraft into the skies to combat them. One sad case was the Sopwith Snipe vs the Martinsyde Buzzard. Martinsyde had a new F.3 fighter that used the same engine as the F.2, so there was a delay as no engines were alotted. Quickly, Martinsyde developed the F.4 Buzzard that was a very high speed aircraft for the time (150 mph) using a new 300 hp Hispana-Suiza engine. It had superb handling, was easy to fly, greater height, and good armament. But the engine delay caused the RAF to go with the Sopwith Snipe which came from the Camel line. It was only marginally better than the Camel and inferior to the Buzzard. But b/c it was availbale earlier and was cheaper, it made it into combat, scoring many kills. The Buzzard was just about ready for combat when the Armistice was signed and all further production was halted at 370 machines out of 1450 ordered plus thousands more for export! The Snipe was adopted postwar as the first fighter while Martinsyde had to hastily convert the fighter into civilian applications and by 1924 went bankrupt. A sad fate for a fine fighter that would have been equalt to the Germans Fokker D.VIII, Pfalz D.XII, and SSW D.IV...
Sopwith Snipe pushed on through
beat Martinsyde

Competition to test the two
Snipe was flyin’
Buzzard was tryin’

German fighter bandits
Were gainin’ ground
Fokkers were more deadly
Made it much harder to shoot them down

Sopwith Snipe pushed on through
beat Martinsyde
Less time

The Snipe flew
The Snipe flew
The Snipe flew
Was cheaper anyhow
Got right in the air
Buzzard late coming
Snipe scored kills- and how!

Disparity
Sopwith Snipe pushed on through
beat Martinsyde
(Due to latter’s engine policies)




Sopwith Snipe: http://www.buscinfo.com/EZ-PhotoAlbum/Album09_WWIAcft/Sopwith_Snipe.jpg Martinsyde Buzzard: http://1000aircraftphotos.com/Contributions/McBrideBill/8858L.jpg

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