Break the News to Mother
Gun 17822 · Shrewsbury, Massachusetts
- Artist
- Carson Brothers
- Title
- Break the News to Mother
- Release
- Low Bridge / Break the News to Mother
- Label
- Gun # 17822
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, USA
- Songwriter
- Ken Carlson
- Genre
- Folk · Contemporary Folk
- Primary theme
- US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs
Annotation
Break the News to Mother (Carson Brothers) Folk, patriotic. Combat description: flag down in the battlefield. So soldier ran to save it. But KIA - break the news to mother
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Notes
Gun Records 17822, Schrewbury, Mass., 45 R.P.M.; "Break the News to Mother" (Ken Carlson), ARUTU Music, BMI, 2:43; Carson Brothers. [From the record sleeve and labels]
Themes
Soldier's Perspective · Patriotic · Pro-Soldier · Flag · K.I.A.
In collections
US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs [War Years]