I'll Be Home

Annotation

In the song "I'll Be Home" (Bunky Records Inc. # 7758), a soldier asked his sweetheart to keep up her spirits, because he has "just got nine month to go" until he returns from the war. The soldier also asked to pass a message on: "tell my son, daddy will be home after a while". Artie Golden - born Arthur Eugene Camp, possibly came from Louisiana or East Texas because of the recording of his first release on Dodge Records.1 This song appeared on Bill "Bunky" Sheppard's Chicago, Illinois label Bunky.Sources1Sir Shambling's Deep Soul Heaven: Artie golden↩

Annotation by Justin A. Brummer

Annotation — Soul, Gospel, & Funk Songs

In the song "I'll Be Home" (Bunky Records Inc. # 7758), a soldier asked his sweetheart to keep up her spirits, because he has "just got nine month to go" until he returns from the war. The soldier also asked to pass a message on: "tell my son, daddy will be home after a while". Artie Golden - born Arthur Eugene Camp, possibly came from Louisiana or East Texas because of the recording of his first release on Dodge Records.1 This song appeared on Bill "Bunky" Sheppard's Chicago, Illinois label Bunky. Sources1Sir Shambling's Deep Soul Heaven: Artie golden↩

Annotation by Justin A. Brummer

Lyrics

English: Don't let your eyes catch you looking at all the places we used to good / Just think of all the good times we've had together / I'll be home, I'll be home after a while / Don't let heartaches catch you crying / Don't let your tears drown out your smile... / Just got nine more months to go baby / When I get out I'm coming straight home to you / You know I was on the front line last week, I didn't get hit / So maybe if you keep your fingers crossed for me / And say a prayer for me, I guess everything will come out alright / Tell my son, daddy will be home after a while

Notes

Bunky Records Inc. 7758 (B-1323), orange patterned label marked with a star and "Bunky's Pick", "Distributed by Scepter Records Inc., 254 West 54 Street, New York, New York"; "I'll Be Home" (Arthur Camp), Broken Soul / Hi-Mi, BMI, 2:30; Artie Golden, "A Bill Sheppard Production", arranged by Frazier and McKay. [From the record sleeve and labels]

About the artist

Recording name of Arthur Eugene Camp, a deep-soul singer of the Louisiana-Texas region who recorded mainly in Houston from 1961 (45s on Dodge, Dart, Sunshine and GP); his 1968 Bunky single 'I'll Be Home' is a Vietnam soul ballad. The Houston Chronicle carried a notice of his passing in April 2000. [Source: Sir Shambling's Deep Soul Heaven; Discogs]

Themes

Soldier's Perspective · Combat · Religion

In collections

Soul, Gospel, & Funk Songs · US Combat Perspective Songs [War Years]