Garet Trooper
1966 · RCA Victor LSP 3547RE2 · New York City, New York
- Artist
- Barry Sadler
- Title
- Garet Trooper
- Release
- Ballads of the Green Berets
- Year
- 1966
- Label
- RCA Victor # LSP 3547RE2
- Format
- LP · Album
- Language
- English
- Country
- New York City, New York, USA
- Genre
- Country · Country Folk
- Primary theme
- US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs
Annotation
Another especially interesting track was "Garet Trooper", in which Sadler used sarcasm to tell the listener about soldiers who showed-off their bravery, and who exaggerated their role in the battlefield: "He’s fought from Saigon to Ninh Thuan...runnin’ fire against the Cong".
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Lyrics
English: Now in the war torn jungles of Vietnam you’ll find a certain kind of man / You’ll see him everywhere, he's a trooper, a garet trooper / Yeah, he's five foot four, 220 pounds of blubber / Got him a nickel plated 45 tied down low / Quick draw holster, two bandoliers of brass-sold ammo / Yeah he’s a trooper, a garet trooper / He's fought from Saigon to Ninh Thuan / And every bar that is and then with only the girls... / Said he just this minute come back from fifteen days / Runnin’ fire against the Cong, said he captured a lot of loot
About the artist
Born Carlsbad, New Mexico, USA (1 November 1940). Died Murfreesboro, Tennessee, USA (5 November 1989)
Themes
From the release Ballads of the Green Berets
In collections
US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs [War Years] · US Military & Veteran Songs