"Thumbs up in true British spirit!"
The lyrics make no direct reference to the Battle of Britain that was fought in the summer and fall of 1940, but the image of the jaunty pilot would have reminded people of The Few, the small group of Allied fighter pilots who defended Britain against German air attacks.
Thumbs Up!, words & music by Mary Carmichael Morrison (Toronto: Draper Music, 1940)
Thumbs Up.pdf
(1.7 MB)
sheet music, 23.4cm x 31.2cm
Ley and Lois Smith War, Memory and Popular Culture Research Collection - The University of Western Ontario - London, Ontario
Second World War