Keep 'Em Flying

Performed by Gene Krupa
Recorded November 25, 1941
Words and Music by Bill Coleman

Through the blue the colors fly.
Remember, lest the world forget;
"The flag aloft is carried by the fying young cadet!"

[chorus 1]
Keep 'Em Flying! Keep 'Em in the sky.
Keep 'Em Flying, hitting hard and high!
On ev'ry lip the fervent cry:
"Keep 'Em Flying, Uncle Sam!"
Keep 'Em Flying! Ev'ry headline screams,
"Keep 'Em Flyin!" Army fighting teams!
On thirty thousand diff'rent beams
Keep 'Em Flying, Uncle Sam!
So mount to the cabin! Give it the gun!
Zoom with the Air Corps to the sun.
Keep 'Em Flying! Clear the hangar floor.
Keep 'Em Flying! Spead your wings once more.
From pole to pole, from shore to shore,
let thirty thousand motors roar!
Let thirty thousand eaglets soar!
Keep 'Em Flying, Uncle Sam.

[chorus 2]
Keep 'Em Flying! Guard your hemisphere:
Keep 'Em Flying, Fighting hate and fear.
A million willing hands are here
"Keep 'Em Flying, Uncle Sam!"
Keep 'Em Flying! Ev'vry forge flames bright.
"Keep 'Em Flying!" Sparks of Freedom's might.
Assemblylines have joined the fight.
Keep 'Em Flying, Uncle Sam!
So stand to your sights, men.
Aim for the goal.
"Jeeps," tanks and the caissons let them roll.
Keep 'Em Flying! Keep the oath we swore.
Keep 'Em Flying! Even up the score.
From pole to pole, from shore to shore,
let ev'ry fact'ry furnace roar.
Let free men rule the world once more!

[lyrics transcribed from the sheet music]