He Wears a Green Beret
1966 · Bryte 17739 · Newbury, Ohio
- Artist
- Billy Orr
- Title
- He Wears a Green Beret
- Release
- He Wears a Green Beret / My Brother
- Year
- 1966
- Label
- Bryte # 17739
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- Newbury, Ohio, USA
- Genre
- Country · Country
- Primary theme
- US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs
Annotation
He Wears a Green Beret (Orr, Billy) Bryte Records # 728. Newbury, Ohio. Billy Orr - born in Alabama, died in Brookesville, Florida (2002). Served in the Korean War.12 Country. Green beret theme. Patriotic. Man trains South Vietnamese soldiers, to defeat communism and promote the American way. Reference to Dougboy - informal term for a member of the United States Army or Marine Corps.3 "His name is Johnny Doughboy and he's airbourne all the way Because my dear we believe all people should be free"Sources1sptimes.com: Billy Orr retired co (archived copy)↩2Google News Archive↩3Wikipedia: Doughboy↩
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Annotation — US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs
He Wears a Green Beret (Orr, Billy) Bryte Records # 728. Newbury, Ohio. Billy Orr - born in Alabama, died in Brookesville, Florida (2002). Served in the Korean War.12 Country. Green beret theme. Patriotic. Man trains South Vietnamese soldiers, to defeat communism and promote the American way. Reference to Dougboy - informal term for a member of the United States Army or Marine Corps.3Sources1sptimes.com: Billy Orr retired co (archived copy)↩2Google News Archive↩3Wikipedia: Doughboy↩
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Lyrics
English: His name is Johnny Doughboy and he's airborne all the way / He teaches people how to fight that's how he earns his pay / His name is Johnny Doughboy and he wears the green berets / When he was just a little lad often would he say / I'm going to be a soldier boy when I grow up some day / No matter where they send me, gladly will I go / Through desert sands, or jungle planes, or full of snow / Now the years have passed serving Uncle Sam / They sent him to a foreign place called South Vietnam / His dreams have been answered he's doing his very best / His mission is a simple one, he's stepping the oppressed / One day the captain called him and this what he said / We got a job to do my lad, to got to beat these reds / We got to show these people that our way are right / That' why I have to send you out on patrol tonight / That night as he left he sang a little song / He sang to his sweetheart, the one he's left behind / This war my dear we're fighting is for you and me / Because my dear we believe all people should be free
Notes
Bryte Records 17739, yellow label; "He Wears a Green Beret", Bryte Music ASCAP Per Pend.; Dist. Office Brite-Star, Newbury, Ohio, U.S.A. [From the record sleeve and labels]
About the artist
American singer. [Source: Rate Your Music]
Themes
In collections
US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs [War Years]