Go Home, Letter (I Wish I Were You)
1966 · Pic 1 140 · Pasadena, Texas
- Artist
- Glenn Barber
- Title
- Go Home, Letter (I Wish I Were You)
- Release
- Go Home, Letter (I Wish I Were You) / Cheatin'
- Year
- 1966
- Label
- Pic # 1 140
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- Pasadena, Texas, USA
- Songwriter
- Glenn Barber
- Genre
- Country · Honky Tonk
- Primary theme
- Home Front Perspective / Soldier's Perspective
Annotation
Go Home, Letter (I Wish I Were You) (Barber, Glenn) Country. Originally written and released in 1959 - pre-Vietnam. He re-recorded the song and released it in 1966. Soldier at war wanted to write a 'go home' letter to his family.
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Lyrics
English: Go home letter, I wish I was you / Go tell a-my baby, that I miss her so / Go home letter, I want her to know / Go-go-go little letter, say-say-say that it won’t be long / Fly-fly-fly little letter, say-say-say that I’ll be home / Go tell a-my baby, that I miss her so / Go home letter, I wish I was you
Notes
Pic 1 140 (GB-10), 45 RPM, side A, red and silver label; "Go Home, Letter (I Wish I Were You)" (G. Barber), 2:20, Crazy Cajun Music, BMI; a Huey P. Meaux Production; "Pasadena Sounds", 227 Pasadena Frwy, Pasadena, Texas. [From the record sleeve and labels]
About the artist
Born Hollis, Oklahoma, USA (2 February 1935). Died Gallatin, Texas, USA (28 March 2008).