Break the News to Mother
Gun 17822 · Shrewsbiry, 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
- Shrewsbiry, 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
About the artist
Unknown - 'Low Bridge' b/w 'Break The News To Mother' (Gun label, 1966, Rite pressing; writer credit Ken Carlson) pairs the Erie Canal folk song with the 1897 Charles K. Harris standard; members undocumented. [Source: Discogs]
Themes
Soldier's Perspective · Patriotic · Pro-Soldier · Flag · K.I.A.