Amelia Earhart's Last Flight

Written by: Red River Dave
Language: English
ISWC: T-071.179.513-9 ASCAP, BMI, ISWC
Comments: A ship out on the ocean, just a speck against the sky
Amelia Earhart flying that sad day
With her partner, Captain Noonan, on the second of July
Her plane fell in the ocean, far away

There's a beautiful, beautiful field
Far away in a land that is fair
Happy landings to you, Amelia Earhart
Farewell, first lady of the air

She radioed position and she said that all was well
Although the fuel within the tanks was low
But they'd land on Howland Island to refuel her monoplane
Then on their trip around the world they'd go

A half an hour later an SOS was heard
The signal weak, but still her voice was brave
In shark-infested waters her plane went down that night
In the blue Pacific to a watery grave

There's a beautiful, beautiful field
Far away in a land that is fair
Happy landings to you, Amelia Earhart
Farewell, first lady of the air

Now you have heard my story of that awful tragedy
We pray that she might fly home safe again
In years to come though others blaze a trail across the sea
We'll never forget Amelia and her plane

There's a beautiful, beautiful field
Far away in a land that is fair
Happy landings to you, Amelia Earhart
Farewell, first lady of the air
Published by: BELTON STREET MUSIC INC GEMA
APPOLINE AVENUE MUSIC INC GEMA
STASNY MUSIC GEMA
BMG FIREFLY GEMA
STASNY MUSIC CORPORATION ASCAP, BMI
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Versions

Title	Performer	Release date	Info
Amelia Earhart's Last Flight	Red River Dave with Orchestra	October 1944	First recording in 1944 First release
Amelia Earhart's Last Flight	The Greenbriar Boys	April 1962
Amelia Earhart	The Country Gentlemen	April 1968
Amelia Earhart's Last Flight	Jim Kweskin's America - Co-starring Mel Lyman & The Lyman Family	1971
Amelia Earhart's Last Flight	Plainsong	October 1972
Amelia Earhart's Last Flight	Don Stover and The White Oak Mountain Boys	1973
Amelia Earhart	Big Tom & The Mainliners	1975
Amelia Earhart's Last Flight	Faith Petric	1980
Amelia Earhart's Last Flight	Hickory Lake	1981	Unverified
Amelia Earhart's Last Flight	Kinky Friedman	1995
Amelia Earhart's Last Flight	Petty Booka	1997
Amelia Earhart	Charlie Waller & The Country Gentlemen	August 16, 2002
Amelia Earhart's Last Flight	Adam Miller	2013