Let's Back Those Boys in South Vietnam
Big Country BC-218-1 · USA
- Artist
- Ted Collins
- Title
- Let's Back Those Boys in South Vietnam
- Release
- Let's Back Those Boys in South Vietnam / Steel Foundary Man
- Label
- Big Country # BC-218-1
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- USA
- Songwriter
- T. Janosik
- Genre
- Country · Country
- Primary theme
- US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs
Annotation
Another strongly worded patriotic song: "Let’s Back Those Boys in South Vietnam" by an obscure country singer called Ted Collins – composed by T. Janosik – on the Pennsylvania record label Big Country (# BC-218-1). Like the song above, it directly referred to "South Vietnam". In the first part of the song the narrator defended the US government’s involvement in Vietnam: "to keep the communists out of free land", and called on people to back the president in his quest for liberty. In the second part of the song the narrator turned his attention to the anti-war movement, attacking the demonstrators, and asking: "why burn up your draft cards?". According to the narrator, if they protested under communist rule, they would "all be in prison" and some "would be shot".
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
About the artist
Unknown - "Let's Back Those Boys In South Vietnam" could not be located in Discogs under any of its roughly ten distinct Ted Collins artist entries, and no admissible source carries it; a textbook common-name case with the recording confirmed only by an inadmissible upload. [Source: no admissible match]
Themes
In collections
Draft Songs · US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs