Wop May
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[00:06.25] From out of all
[00:08.92] The heroes of the land
[00:10.77] There comes
[00:12.37] A mighty Manitoba man
[00:14.49] He left his home in Carberry
[00:17.14] For Edmonton, Alberta
[00:18.73] Where he went to school
[00:20.07] And soon became a man
[00:21.92] Now Orville and Wilbur Wright
[00:24.32] Had come to fame
[00:25.92] And every night
[00:27.24] He dreamt about their names
[00:29.64] And when for men there came a cry
[00:32.02] He bid the folks goodbye
[00:33.61] To join the war
[00:34.86] And fly and aeroplane
[00:37.25] Wop May
[00:38.59] Wop May
[00:40.44] He met the old Red Baron
[00:42.83] Far away
[00:44.69] Wop May
[00:46.29] Wop May
[00:47.88] The top Canadian pilot
[00:50.27] Of the day
[00:51.61] Wop May
[00:52.40] The top Canadian pilot
[00:53.99] Of the day
[00:55.59] He played the old Red Baron
[00:57.45] For a clown
[00:59.05] Until the German
[01:00.91] Chased him all around
[01:02.49] Loop for loop
[01:04.36] And dive for dive
[01:05.42] The Baron was so occupied
[01:07.02] He never saw the plane
[01:08.60] That shot him down
[01:10.20] Of all the German planes
[01:12.07] That ever flew
[01:13.92] The Wop had shot a dozen
[01:15.77] Or more in two
[01:17.63] And when they finally
[01:18.96] Won the war
[01:20.02] Said the British Flying Corps
[01:21.55] The Flying Cross
[01:22.61] We now present to you
[01:24.46] Wop May
[01:26.32] Wop May
[01:28.46] He won the Flying Cross
[01:30.57] And took it away
[01:32.16] Wop May
[01:33.75] Wop May
[01:35.63] You're the top Canadian pilot
[01:37.74] Of the day
[01:39.09] Wop May
[01:39.87] The top Canadian pilot
[01:41.47] Of the day
[01:43.32] When home again
[01:44.93] To Edmonton he came
[01:46.51] He set the hearts
[01:48.37] All over the land aflame
[01:50.25] To Fort Vermillion
[01:51.85] He was bound
[01:52.91] To stop the plague
[01:53.70] And save the town
[01:54.49] With medicine he flew in
[01:56.09] By aeroplane
[01:57.95] Then up along
[01:59.27] The old McKenzie Trail
[02:01.41] To Aquevic
[02:02.73] He flew the Northern Mail
[02:05.13] And when he helped
[02:06.46] The Mounties track
[02:07.27] The man they thought
[02:08.32] They'd never catch
[02:09.13] Why even the King of England
[02:10.71] Heard the tale
[02:12.04] Wop May
[02:13.91] Wop May
[02:16.02] Got a medal from the King
[02:17.88] And heard him say
[02:19.75] Wop May
[02:21.35] Wop May
[02:22.94] You're the top Canadian
[02:24.80] Pilot of the day
[02:26.39] Wop May
[02:27.45] The top Canadian pilot
[02:28.51] Of the day
[02:30.64] Now when the second war
[02:32.50] It did arrive
[02:34.09] From 1939 to '45
[02:37.80] He told the pilots everyone
[02:40.21] The proper way to man the gun
[02:42.07] And he taught them
[02:42.61] How to fly and stay alive
[02:45.27] And when the States
[02:46.59] Were losing many planes
[02:48.72] Far across the Northlands terrain
[02:52.44] They all came out from Washington
[02:54.56] To see the man from Edmonton
[02:56.42] Form the famous
[02:57.75] Search and rescue team
[02:59.61] Wop May
[03:01.20] Wop May
[03:02.79] Received a medal from the U.S.A
[03:07.06] Wop May
[03:08.66] Wop May
[03:10.51] You're the top Canadian pilot
[03:12.64] Of the day
[03:15.57] Wop May
[03:16.63] You're the top Canadian pilot
[03:17.68] Of the day
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