(Mama) My Soldier Boy Is Coming Home
1965 · Scepter SCE 12123 · USA
- Artist
- The Shirelles
- Title
- (Mama) My Soldier Boy Is Coming Home
- Release
- Soldier Boy / (Mama) My Soldier Boy Is Coming Home
- Year
- 1965
- Label
- Scepter # SCE 12123
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- USA
- Songwriter
- A. Wayne
- Genre
- Soul, Gospel & Funk · Doo-Wop
- Primary theme
- Home Front Perspective / Soldier's Perspective
Annotation
The Shirelles song "(Mama) My Soldier Boy Is Coming Home" (Scepter Records # SCE 12123) released in 1965 can be viewed as an answer to their earlier 1962 hit "Soldier Boy" - in which the narrator promises to stay true to a young soldier heading off to war. In this track, the narrator "just got a letter" informing her that the soldier is returning him. She wanted to "jump and shout" with joy, that "Santa can skip my house", and together "we'll have Christmas everyday".&
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Annotation — Christmas Songs
The Shirelles song "(Mama) My Soldier Boy Is Coming Home" (Scepter Records # SCE 12123) released in 1965 can be viewed as an answer to their earlier 1962 hit "Soldier Boy" - in which the narrator promises to stay true to a young soldier heading off to war. In this track, the narrator "just got a letter" informing her that the soldier is returning him. She wanted to "jump and shout" with joy, that "Santa can skip my house", and together "we'll have Christmas everyday".
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Lyrics
English: Just got a letter today postmarked half a world away / I made me want to jump and shout the minute I found out / Mama, my soldier boy is coming home / I saved my loving just for him / Boys knocked on my door but none of them got in / I'd stay home every single night and prayed that he'll be alright / Mama, my soldier boy is coming home / I can't wait until he is safe in my arms again / I can't wait, I won't sleep a wink tonight / Santa can skip my house this year / Cause I'll hold my baby so near / He'll kiss me in that special way / We'll have Christmas everyday
Notes
Scepter Records SCE 12123 B (60546), Scepter Music Inc., New York, N.Y.; "(Mama) My Soldier Boy Is Coming Home" (A. Wayne), Flomar Music, Inc. (BMI), time 2:32. [From the record sleeve and labels]
About the artist
American girl group formed 1957 in Passaic, New Jersey ('Soldier Boy', 1962). [Source: Wikipedia]
Themes
In collections
US Domestic Perspective Songs [War Years] · Christmas Songs · Soul, Gospel, & Funk Songs