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Wednesday Aug 2
5:00 p
OFAM 2017 intro: The Classic Songbook
8:00 p
Gala: I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart
Thursday Aug 3
10:00 a
Guys And Dolls
1:30 p
OFAM Sing-Along 1
8:00 p
If I Were A Bell: Loesser & Coleman
Friday Aug 4
10:00 a
Shall We Dance
1:30 p
Star Dust - The Great Craftsmen
5:00 p
Ira Gershwin
8:00 p
They All Laughed - Ira Gershwin
Saturday Aug 5
10:00 a
Roberta
1:30 p
My Funny Valentine - Lorenz Hart
5:00 p
The Apprenticeship Of Jerome Kern
8:00 p
All The Things You Are - Jerome Kern
Sunday Aug 6
3:00 p
Body And Soul - The Jazz Party
Tuesday Aug 8
10:00 a
Easter Parade
5:00 p
Early Berlin
8:00 p
Heat Wave - Irving Berlin
Wednesday Aug 9
10:00 a
Night And Day
5:00 p
Cole Porter
8:00 p
It’s De-Lovely - Cole Porter
Thursday Aug 10
10:00 a
Babes In Arms
1:30 p
OFAM Sing-Along 2
5:00 p
A Clutch of Song Craftsmen
8:00 p
Star Dust - The Great Craftsmen
Friday Aug 11
10:00 a
Words And Music
1:30 p
They All Laughed - Ira Gershwin
5:00 p
Lorenz Hart
8:00 p
My Funny Valentine - Lorenz Hart
Saturday Aug 12
1:30 p
That Old Black Magic - Harold Arlen
8:00 p
Finale: So Hard To Forget
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Comin' In On A Wing And A Prayer
(1943)
Harold Adamson
(w),
Jimmy McHugh
(m)
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Comin' In On A Wing And A Prayer
1943
Harold Adamson (w)
Jimmy McHugh (m)
VERSE
One of our planes was missing,
Two hours overdue.
One of our planes was missing,
With all its gallant crew.
The radio sets were humming,
They waited for a word;
Then a voice broke thru the humming
And this is what they heard:
CHORUS
"Comin' In On A Wing And A Pray'r
Comin' In On A Wing And A Pray'r
Tho' there's one motor gone,
We can still carry on,
Comin' In On A Wing And A Pray'r.
What a show
What a fight
Yes, we really hit our target tonight.
How we sing as we limp thru the air
Look below, there's our field over there
Wtih our full crew aboard
And our trust in the Lord
We're Comin' In On A Wing And A Pray'r."
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Performers
Label
Cat.#
Matrix
05/04/1943
The Song Spinners
Decca
18553-A
71338
05/19/1943
Golden Gate Quartet
Okeh
6713
33216
05/26/1943
Four Vagabonds
Bluebird
30-0815-A
D3AB78
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