Have Courage, Be Careful
1965 · Decca 31874 · USA
- Artist
- The Spokesmen
- Title
- Have Courage, Be Careful
- Release
- It Ain't Fair / Have Courage, Be Careful
- Year
- 1965
- Label
- Decca # 31874
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- USA
- Songwriter
- John Madara, David White, Ray Gilmore
- Genre
- Garage Rock · Garage Rock
- Primary theme
- US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs
Annotation
"Have Courage, Be Careful" (Spokesmen, The) (Decca Records # 31874) Garage rock, anti-protest, patriotic. Fight for freedom, take a stand On the album The Dawn of Correction (Decca # DL 4712).
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Annotation — Garage Rock Songs
- "Have Courage, Be Careful" (Spokesmen, The) (Decca Records # 31874) - Garage rock, anti-protest, patriotic. - Fight for freedom, take a stand - On the album The Dawn of Correction (Decca # DL 4712).
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Lyrics
English: Some of you men you stop pushing the pencils / Some of you men you used to drive the cabs / Some of you guys you stopped building the bridge / Some of you men used to work the lines / Fighting for freedom, you're making a stand / Have courage, be careful, in a far away land / Some you guys used to own a business / Some of you men used to see the line / Some of you guys made a buck and a quarter / Some of you men used to make a grand... / One, two, three, four, one, two, three, four / Your pencil are rifles and loaded with lead... / Your seat is a landmine where enemies tread / Your lab is a jungle, infested with red
Notes
Decca 31874 (116,535), pink promotional label marked "Promotion Copy — Not for Sale"; "Have Courage, Be Careful" (John Madara-David White-Ray Gilmore), 2:06, Double Diamond Music & Champion Music Corp. (BMI); "From Decca album DL 4712 The Dawn of Correction"; vocal trio with instrumental accompaniment directed by Jimmy Wisner; produced by Madara-White Productions. Housed in a Decca company sleeve headed "New mono and stereo Decca albums you'll want to own", advertising LPs by the Kingston Trio, Bert Kaempfert, Brenda Lee, Earl Grant, Rick Nelson and Burl Ives. [From the record sleeve and labels]
About the artist
American vocal group formed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1965 by John Madara, David White and Ray Gilmore, best known for 'The Dawn of Correction' (1965), an answer record to 'Eve of Destruction'. [Source: Wikipedia]
Themes
In collections
Garage Rock Songs · US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs [War Years]