"Lucky Lindy!" is a

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song composed by

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, with lyrics by

L. Wolfe Gilbert Louis Wolfe Gilbert (August 31, 1886 – July 12, 1970) was a Russian Empire–born American songwriter of Tin Pan Alley. He is best remembered as the lyricist for "Ramona" (1928), the first movie theme song ever written. Biography Born i ...

. It was published by Harmony in 1927. The song was the first to celebrate

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's transatlantic flight in the ''

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'' and his landing in Paris. Hundreds more followed. http://www.charleslindbergh.com/music/ The sheet music can be found at the

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Lyrics

The piece was "Dedicated to the mother of 'Lucky Lindy'" and the sheet music describes it as a "Fox-Trot Song." Glibert's lyrics, as printed in the sheet music, are as follows:

References

Bibliography *Holloway, Diane, and Bob Cheney. ''American History in Song: Lyrics from 1900 to 1945''. San Jose: Authors Choice Press, 2001. *Jasen, David A. ''Tin Pan Alley: The Composers, the Songs, the Performers, and Their Times : the Golden Age of American Popular Music from 1886 to 1956''. New York: D.I. Fine, 1988. . *Tyler, Don. ''Hit Songs, 1900-1955: American Popular Music of the Pre-Rock Era''. Jefferson, N.C: McFarland, 2007. {{authority control 1927 songs 1927 singles Cultural depictions of Charles Lindbergh Songs written by L. Wolfe Gilbert Songs written by Abel Baer Songs about aviators Songs about explorers