Tom Sawyer

Flag Draped Coffin

1968 · Plantation 1 · Nashville, Tennessee

Flag Draped Coffin – Tom Sawyer (A-side label)

Artist
Tom Sawyer
Title
Flag Draped Coffin
Release
Flag Draped Coffin / Fallen King
Year
1968
Label
Plantation # 1
Format
7" · Single
Language
English
Country
Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Songwriter
Clark Bentley, Loyd Dunlap, Don Fowler
Genre
Country · Nashville Sound
Primary theme
US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs

Annotation

Flag Draped Coffin (Sawyer, Tom) Country, patriotic, US home front perspective Soldier one year in Vietnam. Drafted: he did his duty. But KIA - returned home in a coffin. Family and sweetheart wait for him. Will not be forgotten

Annotation by Justin A. Brummer

Notes

Plantation Records #1 (711-303), green label, "A Division of Shelby Singleton Productions Inc., Nashville, Tenn."; "Flag Draped Coffin" (Clark Bentley, Loyd Dunlap, Don Fowler), Shelby Singleton Music, Inc., BMI, 2:08; produced by Clark Bentley and Paul Perry. [From the record sleeve and labels]

Themes

Home Front Perspective · K.I.A. · Flag · Patriotic

In collections

Draft Songs · US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs [War Years]

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