Brave Men Not Afraid

Annotation

"Brave Me Not Afraid" (Decca # DL-74796). Album also included the Vietnam songs Snipers Hill and Day of Decision, released as singles, discussed above.

Annotation by Justin A. Brummer

Lyrics

English: Someone may die for me tonight so tomorrow we can be free / A soldier who is brave enough to fight for his country and you and me / He may be a sailor on a ship or he might be a Green Beret / A jet pilot flying over Vietnam or a leather neck clearing the way / A paratrooper bailing out of the sky a foot soldier doggy digging in / What ever he is he's united together to bring this awful war to an end / He was probably only a mechanic or a football star yesterday / A college graduate in reserves or a drop out who joined up to stay / And old regular who has seen two other wars / Maybe he's just a farm boy out of the fields of Nebraska / But he's protecting you and me and America let's show him how we feel / So let's not let a day go by that we don't think of our fighting men / Give them all the help that you can show that you're concerned for them / You may have a son husband or friend who's fighting to keep us free / Don't lock the door to our freedom when prayer can be used as the key / (Fathers weep mothers cry but you are free and so am I / Because of young men not afraid to die)

About the artist

Born Ripley, West Virginia, USA (16 March 1906). Died Harrisonburg, Virginia, USA (2 November 2001).

Themes

Patriotic · Green Beret

In collections

US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs [War Years]