"Lucky Lindy!" is a
fox-trot song composed by
Abel Baer, with lyrics by
L. Wolfe Gilbert. It was published by Harmony in 1927.
The song was the first to celebrate
Charles Lindbergh
Charles Augustus Lindbergh (February 4, 1902 – August 26, 1974) was an American aviator, military officer, and author. On May 20–21, 1927, he made the first nonstop flight from New York (state), New York to Paris, a distance of . His aircra ...
's transatlantic flight in the ''
Spirit of St. Louis
The ''Spirit of St. Louis'' (formally the Ryan NYP, registration: N-X-211) is the custom-built, single-engine, single-seat, high-wing monoplane that Charles Lindbergh flew on May 20–21, 1927, on the Charles Lindbergh#New York–Paris flight ...
'' and his landing in Paris. Hundreds more followed.
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The sheet music can be found at the
Pritzker Military Museum & Library
The Pritzker Military Museum & Library (formerly Pritzker Military Library) is a non-profit museum and research library for the study of military history located in a state-of-the art facility in Kenosha, WI. The institution was founded in 2003, ...
.
Lyrics
The piece was "Dedicated to the mother of 'Lucky Lindy'" and the sheet music describes it as a "Fox-Trot Song."
Gilbert'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.
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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