"Lucky Lindy!" is a fox-trot song composed by Abel Baer, with lyrics by L. Wolfe Gilbert. It was published by Harmony in 1927.Baer, Abel, L W. Gilbert, Al Sherman, Jack Kaufman, and Howard E. Johnson. Lucky Lindy. Bridgeport, Conn.: Harmony, 1927. Sound recording. The song was the first to celebrate Charles Lindbergh's transatlantic flight in the Spirit of St. Louis and his landing in Paris.Jasen, David A. Tin Pan Alley: The Composers, the Songs, the Performers, and Their Times: the Golden Age of American Popular Music from 1886 to 1956. New York: D.I. Fine, 1988, page 190. Hundreds more followed. http://www.charleslindbergh.com/music/
The sheet music can be found at the Pritzker Military Museum & Library.
Lyrics The piece is "Dedicated to the mother of 'Lucky Lindy'" and the sheet music describes it as a "Fox-Trot Song." Gilbert's lyrics, as printed in the sheet music, are as follows:
References
Bibliography Holloway, Diane, and Bob Cheney. American History in Song: Lyrics from 1900 to 1945. San Jose: Authors Choice Press, 2001. Jasen, David A. Tin Pan Alley: The Composers, the Songs, the Performers, and Their Times : the Golden Age of American Popular Music from 1886 to 1956. New York: D.I. Fine, 1988. . Tyler, Don. Hit Songs, 1900-1955: American Popular Music of the Pre-Rock Era. Jefferson, N.C: McFarland, 2007.