{"id":440,"date":"2023-06-16T08:22:21","date_gmt":"2023-06-16T08:22:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ww1photos.com\/WW1MusicAndSongs\/?page_id=440"},"modified":"2023-06-16T08:23:26","modified_gmt":"2023-06-16T08:23:26","slug":"now-im-a-general-at-the-ministry","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ww1photos.com\/WW1MusicAndSongs\/index.php\/now-im-a-general-at-the-ministry\/","title":{"rendered":"Now I&#8217;m A General At The Ministry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"World War One Royal Flying Corps Song Now Im The General At The Ministry\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/D2su2IdIR9M?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Sung To The Tune &#8220;I Am The Ruler Of The Queen&#8217;s Navee&#8221; from Gilbert &amp; Sullivan&#8217;s HMS Pinafore<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Four bar intro<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">When I was a lad I went to war<br \/>\nAs an air mechanic in the Flying Corps<br \/>\nI dished out dope, and I swung the prop,<br \/>\nAnd I polished up my talents in the fitters shop;<br \/>\nAnd I did my work so carefully<br \/>\nThat now I&#8217;m a General at the Ministry.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">******<br \/>\nAs an air mechanic I made such a name,<br \/>\nA sergeant-major I soon became,<br \/>\nI wore a tunic and Sam Browne belt<br \/>\nAnd my prescence on parade was most acutely felt.<br \/>\nMy prescence was felt so overwhelmingly<br \/>\nThat now I&#8217;m the General at the Ministry.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">******<br \/>\nAs a sergeant-major I made such a hit<br \/>\nThat I demanded further scope to do my bit;<br \/>\nOf my lofty ways there was never any doubt<br \/>\nAnd they sent me up in a Nieuport Scout,<br \/>\nI flew so well over land and sea<br \/>\nThat now I&#8217;m the General at the Ministry.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">******<br \/>\nI flew in France with such amazing zest<br \/>\nThat the King grew tired of adorning my chest,<br \/>\nPeople boosted McCudden, Bishop and Ball,<br \/>\nBut readily agreed that I out-soared them all.<br \/>\nMy merits were declared so overwhelmingly<br \/>\nThat now I&#8217;m a General at the Ministry.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">******<br \/>\nSo mechanics all, wherever you be,<br \/>\nIf you want to climb to the top of the tree,<br \/>\nIf your soul isn&#8217;t fettered to a pail of dope,<br \/>\nJust take my tip-there&#8217;s always hope,<br \/>\nBe smart in the strand at saluting me<br \/>\nAnd you&#8217;ll be General at the Ministry.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">******<br \/>\nRepeat Last Verse<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sung To The Tune &#8220;I Am The Ruler Of The Queen&#8217;s Navee&#8221; from Gilbert &amp; Sullivan&#8217;s HMS Pinafore Four bar intro When I was a lad I went to war As an air mechanic in the Flying Corps I dished out dope, and I swung the prop, And I polished up my talents in the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-440","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","post"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ww1photos.com\/WW1MusicAndSongs\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/440","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ww1photos.com\/WW1MusicAndSongs\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ww1photos.com\/WW1MusicAndSongs\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ww1photos.com\/WW1MusicAndSongs\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ww1photos.com\/WW1MusicAndSongs\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=440"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/ww1photos.com\/WW1MusicAndSongs\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/440\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":445,"href":"https:\/\/ww1photos.com\/WW1MusicAndSongs\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/440\/revisions\/445"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ww1photos.com\/WW1MusicAndSongs\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}