February 20th, 1959 Chapter 2: The Day the Arrow Died, a hetalia - axis powers fanfic

The Day the Arrow Died

Fifty four years ago

Few can still remember what that plane did for our nation's pride

An interceptor painted white

Against Russian Bombers made to fight

The best plane ever seen on either side

But even when the Arrow rolled out

The papers didn't give it much clout

Its story just would not stick

The front page went to Sputnik

And not long after many cried

Though to save it several tried

The government almost defied

The day the Arrow died

So bye-bye to a national pride

Though the Arrow from Ontario it could take to the sky

We remember Dief with a scowl and a sigh

He ordered that the Arrow must die

Did you know the Arrow flew

On first flight, Mach one point five two

And the engines weren't done

Would you believe that ten miles high

Pulling two Gs, that it still could fly

And could go through any weather in the sky

T'was the first plane made computer powered

Twelve feet above the ground it towered

Six hundred nautical miles

Was the range down in its files

The first five hit Mach one point nine eight

Orenda engines still off late

But soon Avro would meet its fate

The day the Arrow died

So bye-bye to a national pride

Though the Arrow from Ontario it could take to the sky

We remember Dief with a scowl and a sigh

He ordered that the Arrow must die

Well then Diefenbaker became PM

And Avro, he was opposed to them

He thought the program cost too much

And that missiles were the new way to go

To better protect our land of snow

So the Bomarc, it replaced the Arrow

But Dief wasn't told by the Defense

The Bomarcs had nuclear heads

And they didn't fire straight

But by then it was too late

Crawford Gordon tried to save the lot

But he was drunk, he and Dief fought

And now years later we've forgot

The day the Arrow died

So bye-bye to a national pride

Though the Arrow from Ontario it could take to the sky

We remember Dief with a scowl and a sigh

He ordered that the Arrow must die

Cold and scary late in February

Employees were told not to tarry

Avro Aircraft, it was closed down, they were fired

Drop everything and go on home

Fifteen thousand on their own

Most of the town of Malton Ontario

And some from even far away

Six people down in Winnipeg

So many left unemployed

When the Arrow was destroyed

Most went to work for other men

Though many would not fly again

But some for NASA plied the pen

After the Arrow died

So bye-bye to a national pride

Though the Arrow from Ontario it could take to the sky

We remember Dief with a scowl and a sigh

He ordered that the Arrow must die

But way back on that Black Friday

Some plans and relics snuck away

Years 'til they were seen again

And now we're retrieving models and tools

Though it's hard since money rules

What museums and investors try to do

And even now in a later age

Arrowheads cry out in a rage

And do their best to help

But you can't really tell

One museum soon torn down

Our heritage knocked to the ground

The Government just stands around

Like when the Arrow died

So bye-bye to a national pride

Though the Arrow from Ontario it could take to the sky

We remember Dief with a scowl and a sigh

He ordered that the Arrow must die

Still myths surround this wondrous plane

About how one Arrow got away

But though we wish, they aren't true

And all of those who came before

Don't tell this story anymore

So now our generation doesn't know

How in the streets so many cried

For that plane that was their pride

The Arrow it was hidden

Cut off at its beginning

So no one now remembers right

Though a few dreamers keep alight

A torch still in our history's fight

Don't let the Arrow die

So bye-bye to a national pride

Though the Arrow from Ontario it could take to the sky

We remember Dief with a scowl and a sigh

He ordered that the Arrow must die

Bye-bye to a national pride

Though the Arrow from Ontario it could take to the sky

We remember Dief with a scowl and a sigh

But in our dreams the Arrow won't die