Little Barefoot Boy
1968 · Epic 5-10397 · New York City, New York
- Artist
- Bobby Vinton
- Title
- Little Barefoot Boy
- Release
- I Love How You Love Me / Little Barefoot Boy
- Year
- 1968
- Label
- Epic # 5-10397
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- New York City, New York, USA
- Songwriter
- B. Vinton, G. Allan
- Genre
- Traditional Pop · Traditional Pop
- Primary theme
- Home Front Perspective / Soldier's Perspective
Annotation
Little Barefoot Boy (Vinton, Bobby) Fanfare pop, soldier's perspective Leans towards anti-war Boy played with toys, grew up and went to war. K.i.A. Little barefoot boy Of a little barefoot boy Little barefoot boy (repeat and fade out)
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Annotation — Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs
Little Barefoot Boy (Vinton, Bobby) Fanfare pop, soldier's perspective Leans towards anti-war Boy played with toys, grew up and went to war. K.I.A.
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Lyrics
English: Little barefoot boy / What happened to that barefoot boy? / So happy and gay / Full of fun and play / What happened to that barefoot boy? / He had a pair of cowboy boots / That he wore bare and thin / Playin' hide-and-seek / With soldiers made of tin / He grew tall and went to school / Penny loafers were the thing / Soon, he fell in love / To his girl, he gave his ring / Well then, he wore a pair of boots / That laced up very high / He walked in a foreign land / Where he had to fight or die / Now, he walks that land above / In sandals made of love / He gave his life to save a life / Of a little barefoot boy / Little barefoot boy / What happened to that barefoot boy?
Notes
Epic 5-10397, yellow label, 45 RPM, matrix ZSP 138209; "Little Barefoot Boy" (B. Vinton - G. Allan), 2:30, "From the Epic Album 'Take Good Care of My Baby' BN 26382"; produced by Billy Sherrill. The picture sleeve, front and back alike, carries a colour close-up of a smiling Bobby Vinton under the title "'i love how you love me'" with the Epic logo and number; the back adds "The Bobby Vinton Fan Club, 104 Saxon Drive, McMurray, Pennsylvania" and "Manufactured by Epic Records, CBS, Inc., 51 W. 52 Street, New York City." [From the record sleeve and labels]
About the artist
Born 16 April 16, 1935, Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, USA. Currently California, USA