Gallant Young Soldier
Silver Star [Nashville] 1018 · Nashville, Tennessee
- Artist
- Floyd Sears
- Title
- Gallant Young Soldier
- Release
- Gallant Young Soldier / Lonesome Little Bird
- Label
- Silver Star [Nashville] # 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
Notes
Silver Star Record No. 1018 (SoN 43821), blue label; "Gallant Young Soldier" (Joe Norris), Jamil Music, BMI, time 2:55; produced by Troy L. Martin; Silver Star Record Co., 810 Church St., Nashville, Tenn. [From the record sleeve and labels]
Themes
Patriotic · Green Beret · K.I.A. · Song Poem
In collections
Song Poems · US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs [War Years]