A World War I song from 1921
Words and music by James F. Hanley
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
The last long flight’s the longest
I leads to God knows where
There must be just one landing place
For a flyer game and square
There’s only one direction
When he says his last goodbye
And gets his motor revving
For his trip beyond the sky
His spirit plane goes climbing toward the stars
The new moon tips his wings with silver light
The Angels wait around his hangar door
To watch him land and welcome him that night
His eyes grown weary watching soon find rest
Soft moonbeams thru the clouds his path will light
While his spirit plane goes climbing toward the stars
Upon his last long flight