Grover Henson Feels Forgotten
1970 · Uni 55223 · USA
- Artist
- Bill Cosby
- Title
- Grover Henson Feels Forgotten
- Release
- Grover Henson Feels Forgotten / Grover Henson Feels Forgotten (Instrumental)
- Year
- 1970
- Label
- Uni # 55223
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- USA
- Songwriter
- C. Wilde
- Genre
- Easy Listening · Easy Listening
- Primary theme
- Home Front Perspective / Soldier's Perspective
Annotation
Bill Cosby, born in Philadelphia, 1937, released a series of comedy and spoken-word records in the 1960s and 70s. He later became famous for the 1980s sit-com The Cosby Show. The song "Grover Henson Feels Forgotton" (Uni Records # 55223), about a fictional soldier, represented the forgotten GIs in Vietnam. The soldier never received any letters at mail call, so he sent one to himself.
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Lyrics
English: World, I'm writing you this letter and I'm not the kind of guy who likes to complain but this morning, Private Grover Henson really felt forgotten / And you couldn't have picked a worse time to drop that lonely morning rain / There's mail call again this morning and I just disappeared from the end of the line / I guess you'd say I've run out of excuses about those lost letters of mine / Did you know that last year's income tax was the only mail I've gotten / That's right, and they said I still owed a hundred bucks / So, I wrote myself a letter, mmm hmm, are you ready for me / Yes, I did, and I must have read it to just about everyone I signed it, your loving mother and I addressed it to her favorite son / But God knows I've never known her and I've never known her love / The only dad I ever had was my father up above and, world, Grover Henson feels forgotten in this early morning rain / World, if my time should come tomorrow could I ask one thing of you would you send me one little letter / World, if it's not too much to do and could you have it, read to me by a choir, I'd hear it wherever I lie
Notes
Uni 55223 (.451), vocal, swirl label; "Grover Henson Feels Forgotten" (C. Wilde), 3:30, Wild Music, ASCAP; arranged by Christian Wilde with Don Hockett; produced by Christian Wilde, "A Wild Production"; Universal City Records, a Division of MCA Inc., 8255 Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, Calif. 90046. [From the record sleeve and labels]
About the artist
American comedian, born 12 July 1937 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. [Source: Wikipedia]