From Saigon to Little Rock
1972 · Sun SUN-1112 · USA
- Artist
- Charlie C. Freeman
- Title
- From Saigon to Little Rock
- Release
- From Saigon to Little Rock / You're More Than I'm Worth
- Year
- 1972
- Label
- Sun # SUN-1112
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- USA
- Songwriter
- James Aho, Jerry Phillips, Charlie Freeman
- Genre
- Country · Country
- Primary theme
- Home Front Perspective / Soldier's Perspective
Annotation
The country song "From Saigon to Little Rock", on the famous Tennessee label Sun Records (# SUN-1112), in which the narrator recalled an exchange of letters between himself and his mother - his mother wanted him home to help with the farming duties, but the son is stuck in Vietnam for at least 10 months, and although "the greyhound is running", it unfortunately "don't run from Saigon to Little Rock".
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Lyrics
English: Today I got a letter from my mama / Son, I want you home right away / Cotton needs chopping, and the weeds are growing high / I'm sending you a ticket for the next bus home tonight / Don't you know I thinking about you mama / But Arkansas is a long away from here / There is a sea of water between me and your doorway mama / I can't get back from 10 months to a year / The bus don't run from Saigon to Little Rock mama / I know the place back home ain't going right... / I'd like to be back home with you mama / And I miss you most of all at super time / And if something happens to me, remember mama I'll meet you where there will be no more dying / The bus don't run from Saigon to Little Rock mama / The greyhound is running, but it ain't running here tonight
Notes
Sun #SUN-1112 (7-657), yellow Sun rooster-sunburst label; "From Saigon to Little Rock" (James Aho–Jerry Phillips–Charlie Freeman), Knox Music, Inc., BMI, time 3:04 + :08 intro; produced by Jerry Phillips & Knox Phillips; "Sun International Corp. – A Division of the Shelby Singleton Corp. – Nashville, U.S.A." [From the record sleeve and labels]