Credited on the record as Bob Wood and the Eceteras.
Here's Love to You From South Viet Nam
Holt H-45-101 · USA
- Artist
- Bob Wood
- Credited on the record as
- Bob Wood and the Eceteras
- Title
- Here's Love to You From South Viet Nam
- Release
- Here's Love to You From South Viet Nam / Love Don't Mean a Thing to My Baby
- Label
- Holt # H-45-101
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- USA
- Songwriter
- Holt
- Genre
- Country · Country
- Primary theme
- US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs
Annotation
This undated country track, "Here's Love to You From South Viet Nam" (Holt Record Company # H-45-101) mainly dealt with the plight of the soldier - a soldier wrote home, sending his love from Saigon. Most tracks just refer to "Vietnam", but this one opted for the more specific "South Vietnam" location. The song also expressed patriotism and support for the cause of freedom: "I'm doing my job for Uncle Sam....I must keep this world from becoming enslaved".
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Lyrics
English: Here I'm writing today from Saigon / It's been a long month since I've been home / But I'm doing my job for Uncle Sam / And I'm sending love to you from South Vietnam / I must be a soldier, I must be brave / I must keep this world from becoming enslaved / Most of all I must prove myself a man / Here's love to you from South Vietnam / In Vietnam the days are lonely, I miss you all the time... / But I know your love will see me through this jam / I miss our little Sunday walks and our little talks / But I'll be coming home to you as soon as I can
Notes
Holt Record Company H-45-101A (SoN 27061), side 1; "Here's Love to You From South Viet Nam" (Holt), 3:07, Share Cropper Music BMI; vocal with instrumental accompaniment; Bob Wood and the Eceteras. [From the record sleeve and labels]
About the artist
Country singer active from the 1960s to the 1980s, described in his Discogs profile as a country artist from Virginia, with nine releases including three albums; he cut 'Here's Love to You From South Viet Nam' with The Eceteras for the Holt Record Company in 1966. [Source: Discogs]
Themes
In collections
US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs [War Years]