Christmas in Viet Nam
1967 · Songbird 1187 · Houston, Texas
- Artist
- Soul Searchers
- Title
- Christmas in Viet Nam
- Release
- Christmas in Viet Nam / Lord Help Me
- Year
- 1967
- Label
- Songbird # 1187
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- Houston, Texas, USA
- Songwriter
- A. Pointer
- Genre
- Soul, Gospel & Funk · Soul
- Primary theme
- Home Front Perspective / Soldier's Perspective
Annotation
The song "Christmas in Vietnam" (Songbird Records # 1187), released in 1967 by the Soul Searchers, is fairly similar to the Johnny and Jon track. Written by A. Pointer, this gospel / soul song starts with a talking intro, telling the listener that "a lonely soldier laid dying in a foxhole in Vietnam". Thinking about Christmas back home in the US, the soldiers start singing - group harmonies enter at this point, moaning "jingle bells". Released in Houston, Texas on Don D. Robey's gospel record label, founded in 1963.1 Sources1Both Sides Now Publications↩
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Annotation — Christmas Songs
The song "Christmas in Vietnam" (Songbird Records # 1187), released in 1967 by the Soul Searchers, is fairly similar to the Johnny and Jon track. Written by A. Pointer, this gospel / soul song starts with a talking intro, telling the listener that "a lonely soldier laid dying in a foxhole in Vietnam". Thinking about Christmas back home in the US, the soldiers start singing - group harmonies enter at this point, moaning "jingle bells". Released in Houston, Texas on Don D. Robey's gospel record label, founded in 1963.1Sources1Both Sides Now Publications↩
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Lyrics
English: A lonely soldier laid dying in a foxhole in Vietnam / A friend of his walked over and knelt down beside him / Did you know its Christmas back home / What we should do here today is have Christmas in Vietnam / Slowly they began to sing a song, that goes something like this / Jingle, jingle bells, jingle, jungle bells, what do you know / It's Christmas in Vietnam, merry Christmas
Notes
Songbird 1187 (LRS 11408), "Promotional record", 2809 Erastus St., Houston, Texas 77026, "World's greatest spirituals – Division of Peacock Records"; "Christmas in Viet Nam" (A. Pointer), 2:45; Lion Publishing Company, Inc., BMI. [From the record sleeve and labels]
About the artist
Formed Washington, DC, USA
Themes
In collections
Christmas Songs · Soul, Gospel, & Funk Songs · US Combat Perspective Songs [War Years]