Green Beret's Last Request

Annotation

- "Green Beret's Last Request" - Label: Preview Records # PV-1365 - Songwriter: Marion Trautmah - Hollywood, California, USA. - Traditional pop - Patriotic. K.I.A. - Note: MP3 only, need vinyl

Annotation by Justin A. Brummer

Lyrics

English: Put silver wings on my son's chest / Was a green beret's last request / Make him one of America's best / With silver wings upon his chest / But his son is just ten today / Too young to wear the green beret / Too young to understand the rest / Who put silver wings upon his chest / But someday a man he'll be / And wear a green beret you'll see with silver wings upon his chest / He'll be one of America's best / Green beret has been laid to rest / Your son has carried your last request / So rest in peace and may it be / We'll fight for freedom and victory / Who passed down from son to son / The USA will carry on the green berets... / Carry on USA, for silver wings and Green berets, may they all rest in peace

Notes

Song poem Preview Records Inc. PV-1365-2, blue and silver label; "Green Beret's Last Request" (Marion Trautman), 2:40, Arthur Music, A.S.C.A.P.; Rodd Keith. [From the record sleeve and labels]

About the artist

Born Rodney Keith Eskelin, 30 January 1937. Multi-instrumentalist and songwriter, the best-known figure of the song-poem genre, recording hundreds of compositions from amateur-submitted lyrics under names including Rod Rogers. Died 15 December 1974, falling from an overpass onto the Hollywood Freeway, Los Angeles, California, USA. [Source: Wikipedia; LA Times via Last.fm]

Themes

Patriotic · Song Poem

In collections

Song Poems · US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs [War Years]