He's Coming Home From Vietnam
1967 · Jalyn 322 · Dayton, Ohio
- Artist
- Bernice Hatchett
- 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. "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"
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
About the artist
Unknown - bluegrass singer-songwriter who fronted the Bluegrass Mountain Boys and wrote both sides of 'He's Coming Home From Vietnam' b/w 'Big Black Wheels' (Jalyn 45-322, 1967, produced by Jack Lynch). [Source: Discogs; 45cat]