His Homework's Done (Give Your Son a Gun)
Bab-Roc 7 · New York City, New York
- Artist
- Phil Barr
- Title
- His Homework's Done (Give Your Son a Gun)
- Release
- When I Hear My Children's Prayer / His Homework's Done (Give Your Son a Gun)
- Label
- Bab-Roc # 7
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- New York City, New York, USA
- Songwriter
- Phil Barr
- Genre
- Soul, Gospel & Funk · R&B · Funk
- Primary theme
- Peace, Protest & Anti-War
Annotation
The R&B song "His Homework's Done (Give Your Son a Gun)" (Bab-Roc Records # 007) by Phil Barr - once again, a totally obscure artist, and undated record. It was released on Rosco Gordon's New York label Bab-Roc, formed in 1969 (considering the catalogue number, this record may have been released 1969-70). The narrator said that people were complaining about "violence and hate, how the world's gonna change". Yet, they allowed children to play with toy guns and soldiers, and games like cowboys & Indians, cops & robbers. The narrator warned "give you son a gun and teach him...maybe his time will come".
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Lyrics
English: Toy soldiers sit on the shelf waiting for a sunny boy to come home... / His homework's done, give your son a gun / And teach him...maybe his time will come / He looks so fine in his cowboy hat and suit... / See how many Indians he can kill... / You know how folks are starting to complain, they worry about violence and hate / How the worlds gonna change... / Let him play FBI, cops and robbers maybe be a sheriff
Notes
Bab-Roc Records 007-B, red label, 70 Lenox Avenue, N.Y., N.Y. 10026, Suite 2K, 45 rpm, "A Les Paul Production"; "His Homework's Done (Give Your Son a Gun)" (Phil Barr), 2:37, Bab-Roc Music and Filin Bar Music, BMI; arranged by Phil Barr, engineered by Les Paul. [From the record sleeve and labels]
Themes
In collections
Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years] · Soul, Gospel, & Funk Songs