Branch Douglas

Fare Thee Well

1965 · ABC-Paramount 10733 · New York City, New York

Fare Thee Well – Branch Douglas (A-side label)

Artist
Branch Douglas
Title
Fare Thee Well
Release
Fare Thee Well / Stranger (To My Brothers)
Year
1965
Label
ABC-Paramount # 10733
Format
7" · Single
Language
English
Country
New York City, New York, USA
Songwriter
Doug Lapham
Genre
Rock · Folk Rock
Primary theme
Peace, Protest & Anti-War

Annotation

Fare Thee Well (Douglas, Branch) Folk rock, anti-war. They say that victory will make everybody free But I saw a 17 year old boy shot dead Will the world share a smile Why am I fighting? There is no reason

Annotation by Justin A. Brummer

Notes

ABC-Paramount 10733 (45-12817), "Promotional Copy – Not for Sale" white label; "Fare Thee Well" (Doug Lapham), time 2:37, Pamco Music–Jonathan Glenn Music (BMI); arranged and conducted by Peter DeAngelis, produced by Bob Thiele; "A Product of ABC Paramount Records, Inc." [From the record sleeve and labels]

Themes

Anti-War · Soldier's Perspective

In collections

Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]

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