Burke County Ramblers

Beauty of Quang Ngai

Tomi 583 · Morganton, North Carolina

Beauty of Quang Ngai – Burke County Ramblers (A-side label)

Artist
Burke County Ramblers
Title
Beauty of Quang Ngai
Release
Sheriff Oaks / Beauty of Quang Ngai
Label
Tomi # 583
Format
7" · Single
Language
English
Country
Morganton, North Carolina, USA
Songwriter
Jim Fisher
Genre
Country · Bluegrass
Primary theme
Home Front Perspective / Soldier's Perspective

Annotation

Beauty of Quang Ngai (Burke County Ramblers) Bluegrass. Morganton, North Carolina. Soldier's tribute to a beautiful Vietnamese girl. Fought the VC in the jungle - wounded and taken to a different location to recover. Prayed that he would meet the girl again.

Annotation by Justin A. Brummer

Notes

Tomi Records, Morganton, N.C., record no. 583, Side 2, matrix 20214, yellow label; "Beauty of Quang Ngai" ("Pronounced Kwang-un-guy") (Jim Fisher), Tomi BMI, time 3:01; recorded at Arlee Recording Co., distributed by Jay-Cher Ent., (615) 623-3772. [From the record sleeve and labels]

Themes

Soldier's Perspective · Vietnamese Girls · Combat · VC

In collections

US Combat Perspective Songs [War Years]

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