A Fearless Soldier
1967 · Tin Pan Alley TPA 51-543 · Sarasota, Florida
- Artist
- Mike Thomas
- Title
- A Fearless Soldier
- Release
- A Fearless Soldier
- Year
- 1967
- Label
- Tin Pan Alley # TPA 51-543
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- Sarasota, Florida, USA
- Songwriter
- Jeanne Bozikis
- Genre
- Traditional Pop · Traditional Pop
- Primary theme
- Home Front Perspective / Soldier's Perspective
Annotation
Fearless Soldier, A (Thomas, Mike) (Tin Pan Alley # TPA 51-543) Song poem. Traditional pop. Plight of soldier's family. Dead soldier's father spoke of his son's bravery, and that he died for everyone, he did not die in vein.
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Annotation — Song Poems
- "A Fearless Soldier" Label: (Tin Pan Alley # TPA 51-543) Songwriter: Jeanne Bozikis - Song poem. Traditional pop. - Plight of soldier's family, home front perspective. Dead soldier's father spoke of his son's bravery, and that he died for everyone, he did not die in vein. - Sarasota, Florida
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Lyrics
English: A brave young man was my son Ron, he fought to keep man free / A fearless soldier, night and day, was what he strive to be / Twenty-six missions Ron went on, we'll they're just there thirteen months / Ron always thought to be lead man, he fell alone, upfront / Many friends Ron made while there in Vietnam, he found... / Ron told this fellow, 'soldiers, one more mission I must make / Since this will be my last, a must make this great' / On this last mission, Ron did strive, he fought so brave and true / Yet at the hill crest Ron fell down, seen to be his fate / A fearless leader was my son Ron, he won't come home you see / In Vietnam so far away, he died for you and me
Notes
Also issued on Bozikis 17452 A (same recording). Tin Pan Alley Records TPA 51-543A, light-blue label; "A Fearless Soldier" (Jeanne Bozikis), time 3:30, Juke Box Alley, ASCAP; Tin Pan Alley, Inc., Lake Grove, New York 11755. The Bozikis Records issue, 17452 A, Side 1, 45 RPM, gives the same title, writer and singer, with the address 3816 Fillmore, St. Louis, Mo. 63116, (314) 752-0465. [From the record sleeve and labels]
About the artist
American song-poem vocalist: house singer for the New York-based Tin Pan Alley song-poem label in the 1960s, credited with recording thousands of song-poems, including many Vietnam-themed titles; 'A Fearless Soldier' (1967) was anthologised on Bear Family's 'Next Stop Is Vietnam' (2010). [Source: Bear Family 'Next Stop Is Vietnam' / song-poem collector archives]
Themes
In collections
Song Poems · US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs [War Years]