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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)
  • Song Lyrics:
    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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    Current Rating 0.0 (0 votes)
    Played on 2 shows:
    07-05-19, #MMS-23307-15-16, #MMS-197
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