PT-109 by Jimmy Dean

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PT-109
By: Jimmy Dean

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Duration:	3:08
Release Date:	1962
Lyrics By:	Marijohn Wilkin/Fred Burch (Stavro Arrgolus)
Music By:	Marijohn Wilkin/Fred Burch (Stavro Arrgolus)
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Released By:	Columbia (Stavro Arrgolus)
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This is one of those patriotic songs written about JFK before the days of political correctness. Circumstance gave it a quite definitive expiration date, so it isn't heard much anymore. (Stavro Arrgolus)

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In '43 they put to sea
thirteen men and Kennedy
Aboard the PT 109
to fight the brazen enemy
And off the isle of Olasana
in the strait beyond Naru
A Jap destroyer in the night
cut the 109 in two

Smoke and fire upon the sea
everywhere they looked was the enemy
The heathen gods of old Japan
Yeah, they thought had the best of a mighty good man

And on the coast of Kolombangara
looking through this telescope
Australian Evans saw the battle
for the crew had little hope
Two were dead and some were wounded
all were clinging to the bow
Fightin' fire and fightin' water
trying to save their lives somehow

Smoke and fire upon the sea...

McMahon the Irishman
was burned so badly he couldn't swim
"Leave me here; go on" he said
"'cause if you don't, we'll all be dead"
The PT skipper couldn't leave him
a man to die alone at sea
And with a strap between his teeth
he towed the Irishman through the sea

Smoke and fire upon the sea...

[ flute ]

He led his men through waters dark
rocky reefs and hungry sharks
He braved the enemy's bayonets
a thirty eight hung round his neck
Four more days and four more nights
a rescue boat pulled into sight
The PT 109 was gone
but Kennedy and his crew lived on...

Now who could guess or who could possibly know
that this same man named Kennedy

Would be the leader of the nation
be the one to take command
The PT 109 was gone
but Kennedy lived to fight again
Smoke and fire upon the sea
everywhere they looked was the enemy
But JFK and his crew lived on...

Which proves...it's hard to get the best of a man named John

(Big John Big John Big John Big John Big John Big John) (Stavro Arrgolus)

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