A Letter to the President
1966 · Tear Drop 3085 · San Antonio, Texas
- Artist
- Johnny Mitchell
- Title
- A Letter to the President
- Release
- A Letter to the President / Blinking Lights
- Year
- 1966
- Label
- Tear Drop # 3085
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- San Antonio, Texas, USA
- Songwriter
- Bill Jones
- Genre
- Country · Honky Tonk
- Primary theme
- US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs
Annotation
Letter to the President, A (Mitchell, Johnny) Country, anti-protest. Nixon? San Antonio, Texas, USA Mr. President - the minority are poisoning the children The beatniks and communist are protesting and burning draft cards They mus be dealt with a heavy hand The majority support you (sounds like the silent majority, Nixon 70s - but released in 1966?)
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Annotation — Draft Songs
Letter to the President, A (Mitchell, Johnny) Country, anti-protest. San Antonio, Texas, USA Mr. President - the minority are poisoning the children The beatniks and communist are protesting and burning draft cards They must be dealt with a heavy hand The majority support you (sounds like the silent majority, Nixon 70s - but released in 1966?)
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Notes
Tear Drop 3085 (JM-3), red label, "A Div. of Crazy Cajun Ent., Inc., Conroe, Texas"; "A Letter to the President" (Bill Jones), 3:15, Crazy Cajun / Winkelbee Publ. BMI; "A Huey P. Meaux Production", "Pasadena Sounds", 227 E. Sterling, Pasadena, Texas. [From the record sleeve and labels]
Themes
Patriotic · Anti-Protest · Anti-Communism · Draft Card Burning · China (Cold War) · Peking · Draft
In collections
Draft Songs · US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs [War Years]