Gallant Young Soldier
Silver Star 1018 · Nashville, Tennessee
- Artist
- Floyd Sears
- Title
- Gallant Young Soldier
- Release
- Gallant Young Soldier / Lonesome Little Bird
- Label
- Silver Star # 1018
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- Nashville, Tennessee, USA
- Songwriter
- Joe Norris
- Genre
- Traditional Pop · Traditional Pop
- Primary theme
- US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs
Annotation
Gallant Young Soldier (Sears, Floyd) Traditional pop. Nashville, Tennessee, USA. Soldier, a green beret, in a casket. Unable to track down his family. "6,000 have perished in the war" (Vietnam??)
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Annotation — Song Poems
- "Gallant Young Soldier" - Label: Silver Star # 1018 - Songwriter: Joe Norris - Country, song-poem label - Soldier of the Green Beret lies in a coffin (K.I.A.) - Forgotten, unwanted he lay - Search for his family had ended in vain - 6,000 have perished in war with no end - Released Nashville, Tennessee
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
About the artist
Unknown - the records are documented but the singer is not. 'Gallant Young Soldier' (written by Joe Norris, produced by Troy L. Martin) was issued on Silver Star 1018 in 1967, backed with 'Lonesome Little Bird' (written by Sears); he also cut 'Shackles and Chains' / 'Blue Yodel Polka' (1968) and 'Jesus Put a Yodel in My Soul', but no biographical record has been located. [Source: Discogs (releases only)]
Themes
Patriotic · Green Beret · K.I.A. · Song Poem