Comin’ In On A Wing And A Prayer
Words by Harold Adamson
Music by Jimmy McHugh
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1. O - ver the dim - lit flare path an anx - ious si - lence
2. Lis - ten - ing, watch - ing, hop - ing, was all that we could
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reigned. Scan - ning the blue ho - ri - zon, our anx - ious eyes were
do, wait - ing for J. for Jim - my and all the gal - lant
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strained. The ra - di - o sets were hum - ming, they wait - ed for a
crew. Then o - ver our long - ing vis - ion a dim grey shad - ow
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word, then a voice broke through the hum - ming, and this is what they
fell, and, like mus - ic, came the mes - sage that told us all was
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heard.
“Com - in’ in on a wing and a
well.
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pray’r, com - in’ in on a wing and a
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pray’r, though there’s one mo - tor gone, we can
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still car - ry on, com - in’ in on a wing and a
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pray’r. What a show, what a
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fight yes, we real - ly hit our tar - get for to -
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- night. How we sing as we limp through the air,
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look be - low, there’s our field o - ver there. With a
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full crew a - board and our trust in the Lord we’re com - in’ in on a
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wing and a pray’r”. “Com - in’ pray’r.”
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