Green Beret's Last Request

Annotation

"Green Beret's Last Request" Preview Records # PV-1365. California, USA. Song-poem. Patriotic. KIA. "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"

Annotation by Justin A. Brummer

Annotation — Song Poems

- "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

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Song poem

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