Captain Peck’s Sleepy Flying Circus
By Steve Cleverley/Sanj Sen
Snuggle up, close your eyes and relax. Tonight we’re taking to the moonlit skies with the legendary Moshling stunt pilot, Captain Peck, and his barnstorming squadron of flying friends, the Diddly-Upty Flyers. You can probably hear them now, looping and spinning above in their little planes…
What a magnificent show
Tally ho, tally ho, tally ho
What a magnificent show
Tremendous! Stupendous! This show should be endless
Somewhere in the sky right now, a Moshling’s spinning round
Creating a magnificent, hypnotic whirring sound
This brave canary is Captain Peck, he’s always in control
In fact he’s just performed a quite stupendous barrel roll
Captain Peck’s a flying ace, he performs stunts in the skies
And other Moshlings join him every evening when he flies
They’re members of his airborne troupe, the Diddly-Upty Flyers
Whose stunts are so amazing, some claim they’re using wires
Captain Peck’s tremendous squadron only flies at night
Performing countless crazy stunts beneath the pale moonlight
For even though their aerial show’s a wonder of the sky
The sound of their performances acts like a lullaby
What a magnificent show
Tally ho, tally ho, tally ho
What a magnificent show
Tremendous! Stupendous! This show should be endless
Tonight the Diddly-Upty Flyers are gathering up above
To perform a show for those below, with stunts the crowd will love
Captain Peck is circling, going round and round
A warm up for the sleepy Moshlings watching on the ground
He drops a load of leaflets so spectators will know
The names of all the other pilots starring in his show
First of all there’s ShiShi in her Panda 104
An aircraft known to make a sound that causes folks to snore
Then there’s Big Bad Bill who flies a Hoodoo Albatross
Which makes a soothing buzz and moves as slowly as a sloth
And how about Pocito in his Hot Wings Twenty-Two
Not forgetting Captain Peck, who leads this motley crew
What a magnificent show
Tally ho, tally ho, tally ho
What a magnificent show
Tremendous! Stupendous! This show should be endless
Gazing up, the crowd see all the planes now overhead
The sound they make’s just perfect if you want to go to bed
Captain Peck shouts “Tally Ho!” and signals to his troupe
That the first stunt in this evening’s show’s a pretzel loop-the-loop
His little plane soars up-diddly-up, then loops round and round
And all the others follow him, turning upside down
Next they do a corkscrew spin, at precisely the same time
Then get back in formation and begin to gently climb
The Diddly-Upty Flyers now perform a figure-of-eight
And the crowd below all ooh and aah, even though it’s late
Finally they level out, then drop into a spin
As ShiShi leaves her plane’s cockpit and walks along its wing
What a magnificent show
Tally ho, tally ho, tally ho
What a magnificent show
Tremendous! Stupendous! This show should be endless
Lots of sleepy Moshlings are now transfixed by the show
Gazing up at starlit skies from meadows down below
Most are lying on their backs, marvelling at formations
Created by these daring Moshling stars of aviation
But even though tonight’s display is unbelievably stellar
The thing the crowd loves most’s the distant thrum of old propellers
The sound they make’s so comforting, especially from afar
The audio equivalent of a distant, twinkling star
Despite all this, the troupe still have some visual treats tonight
For each plane’s prop is fitted with a multicoloured light
And when Peck gives the order, his pilots flick a switch
And create a quite astounding sight that’s destined to bewitch
What a magnificent show
Tally ho, tally ho, tally ho
What a magnificent show
Tremendous! Stupendous! This show should be endless
Now the planes are putting on a twirly light display
And the sky above is glowing in a most peculiar way
Captain Peck presses a red button on his dash
Causing lights along his wings to gently pulse and flash
The other planes flip sideways and towards the moon they soar
Then ShiShi overtakes them in her Panda 104
Meanwhile in the meadows Moshlings rub their weary eyes
As engine noise drifts on the breeze and starts to harmonize
ShiShi now drops back and lets Pocito take the lead
Who signals for the others to gradually drop their speed
The planes all veer left at a cloud, then start their slow descent
For now the Diddly-Upty’s grand finale will commence
What a magnificent show
Tally ho, tally ho, tally ho
What a magnificent show
Tremendous! Stupendous! This show should be endless
Captain Peck and his troupe split off at quite a height
And for a moment all is silent on this starry night
But then they all pull levers… it’s soon apparent why
As these release fluorescent smoke for writing in the sky
The planes criss-cross and loop-the-loop, and spin to write each letter
Forming words across the sky… could this show get much better?
The smoke is multicoloured and floats upon the air
It even seems to shimmer, beneath the full moon’s glare
The words are almost finished when Captain Peck soars by
To use his smoke to cross the Ts and dot the single i
Sleepy Moshlings on the ground marvel at the sight
For written in the moonlit sky is ‘Thank you and goodnight’
Tally ho… and nighty night
