Last Year, Senior Prom (This Year, Viet Nam)
1966 · King 6038 · Cincinnati, Ohio
- Artist
- Mary Moultrie
- Title
- Last Year, Senior Prom (This Year, Viet Nam)
- Release
- Last Year, Senior Prom (This Year, Viet Nam) / They're Trying to Tear Us Apart
- Year
- 1966
- Label
- King # 6038
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
- Songwriter
- T. Parker, M. Wilson
- Genre
- Soul, Gospel & Funk · Soul
- Primary theme
- Home Front Perspective / Soldier's Perspective
Annotation
In the soul song "Last Year, Senior Prom (This Year, Viet Nam)" (King Records # 6038), a woman recalled that just one year ago she was dancing with her man at the senior prom, but he is fighting in Vietnam. This was a soldier boy song, from the home front perspective. A highly collectable northern soul record.
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Lyrics
English: It's spring again, wish you were here / How life can change in just a year / Last year senior prom, this year, Vietnam / Just a year ago tonight we danced and danced / You held me tight, last year senior prom... / Your letters say that your were doing fine / But I can read between the lines / I know I'm not the only girl that is waiting patiently / But you are half way around the world / And I want you here with me / You had to go, I'm proud of you / And you know I love you to
Notes
Blue King "High Fidelity" label, 45-6038, matrix K-12113; "Last Year, Senior Prom (This Year, Viet Nam)" (T. Parker-M. Wilson), Your & Me-BMI, time 2:37. [From the record sleeve and labels]
Themes
In collections
US Domestic Perspective Songs [War Years] · Soul, Gospel, & Funk Songs