Credited on the record as Bernice Hatchett and The Bluegrass Mountain Boys.
He's Coming Home From Vietnam
1967 · Jalyn 322 · Dayton, Ohio
- Artist
- Bernice Hatchett
- Credited on the record as
- Bernice Hatchett and The Bluegrass Mountain Boys
- Title
- He's Coming Home From Vietnam
- Release
- He's Coming Home From Vietnam / Big Black Wheels
- Year
- 1967
- Label
- Jalyn # 322
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- Dayton, Ohio, USA
- Songwriter
- Bernice Hatchett
- Genre
- Country · Bluegrass
- Primary theme
- Home Front Perspective / Soldier's Perspective
Annotation
"He's Coming Home From Vietnam" by Bernice Hatchett Country. Soldier dies in Vietnam, send home in a box. Mother received a purple heart for his service.
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Lyrics
English: There's a mother's heart that's broken... / A telegram came this morning, he's coming home to stay / His troubles are over, and his work is done / And his mother's got a purple heart in the memory of her son / They sent him off to Vietnam... / His mother hadn't realised they'd send him home this way... / He was mother's precious child, her darling pride and joy / A soldier died in battle, mother's only boy / He fought the toughest battle as bravely as he could / Then they sent him home to his mother / In a cruel box of wood
Notes
Jalyn Records 45-322A, blue label, 1806 Brown St., Dayton, Ohio 45409; "He's Coming Home From Vietnam" (B. Hatchett), 2:45, Jaclyn, BMI; a Jack Lynch Production, 20261. [From the record sleeve and labels]