Keep Your Chin Up, Soldier
1966 · Columbia 4-43618 · New York City, New York
- Artist
- Ray Godfrey
- Title
- Keep Your Chin Up, Soldier
- Release
- Keep Your Chin Up, Soldier / I Can Live It Down
- Year
- 1966
- Label
- Columbia # 4-43618
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- New York City, New York, USA
- Genre
- Country · Country
- Primary theme
- US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs
Annotation
The song Keep Your Chin Up, Soldier (Godfrey, Ray) patriotic country track. criticises draft dodgers and protesters "Keep your chin up, soldier, don't let them get you down It's a shame that there are people that think it is fun To march in defiance of the war in Vietnam What has our country come to when men will turn their back While wanting their freedom, they still evade the draft Keep your chin up, soldier, don't let them get you down Remember your family and friends and your home town The ones that march in protest don't hold any ground... Believe your country's for you... No matter what the marchers may do or say I know your life is lonely, but keep your chin up son Your fighting for our freedom now in South Vietnam"
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Annotation — Draft Songs
The song Keep Your Chin Up, Soldier (Godfrey, Ray) patriotic country track. criticises draft dodgers and protesters "Keep your chin up, soldier, don't let them get you down / It's a shame that there are people that think it is fun / To march in defiance of the war in Vietnam / What has our country come to when men will turn their back / While wanting their freedom, they still evade the draft / Keep your chin up, soldier, don't let them get you down / Remember your family and friends and your home town / The ones that march in protest don't hold any ground... / Believe your country's for you... / No matter what the marchers may do or say / I know your life is lonely, but keep your chin up son / Your fighting for our freedom now in South Vietnam"
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
About the artist
Unknown - identity unconfirmed between two documented candidates. "Keep Your Chin Up, Soldier" is billed to a Ray Godfrey, but no admissible discography places the record. The country singer Ray Godfrey (real name Arnold Godfrey, born Copperville, Tennessee), covered by Praguefrank's Country Discography with a career from 1960 to 1981 across J+J, Peach, Sims, Saber, Tollie, Columbia, ABC, Release and 1-2-3 Records, does NOT have this title in his listed discography; nor could the Southern soul Ray Godfrey of Spring/Polydor be confirmed to carry it. Neither biography is assigned. [Source…
Themes
In collections
Draft Songs · US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs