Last Ballad for Vietnam
1970 · Tin Pan Alley TPA 70-660 · Sarasota, Florida
- Artist
- Mike Thomas
- Title
- Last Ballad for Vietnam
- Release
- The Last Ballad for Vietnam
- Year
- 1970
- Label
- Tin Pan Alley # TPA 70-660
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- Sarasota, Florida, USA
- Genre
- Rock · Folk Rock
- Primary theme
- Peace, Protest & Anti-War
Annotation
Last Ballad for Vietnam, The (Thomas, Mike) "Houses they are blue and grey Like soldiers who move as dawn of day I realise now why people die Is it because they have all lied Or is it since they have picked up arms And been to war with lucky charms They say slaves shall be free But are we not slaves to have to fight They are right, though we are right Like the day turns into night And went on and on ? Rainy day, the war was done What will we say but that's all there is Will we fight for a cause, of course we will All the world will stand for still"
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Annotation — Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs
Last Ballad for Vietnam, The (Thomas, Mike) Song poem, leans anti-war "Houses they are blue and grey / Like soldiers who move as dawn of day / I realise now why people die / Is it because they have all lied / Or is it since they have picked up arms / And been to war with lucky charms / They say slaves shall be free / But are we not slaves to have to fight / They are right, though we are right / Like the day turns into night / And went on and on ? / Rainy day, the war was done / What will we say but that's all there is / Will we fight for a cause, of course we will / All the world will stand for still"
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
About the artist
American song-poem vocalist: house singer for the New York-based Tin Pan Alley song-poem label in the 1960s, credited with recording thousands of song-poems, including many Vietnam-themed titles; 'A Fearless Soldier' (1967) was anthologised on Bear Family's 'Next Stop Is Vietnam' (2010). Personal identity and biographical details are not documented in verified sources. [Source: Bear Family 'Next Stop Is Vietnam' / song-poem collector archives]