Lord Has Drafted My Son
Preview 1856 · Hollywood, California
- Artist
- Gene Marshall
- Title
- Lord Has Drafted My Son
- Release
- Mother's Day / The Lord Has Drafted My Son
- Label
- Preview # 1856
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- Hollywood, California, USA
- Songwriter
- Alexander Ott
- Genre
- Traditional Pop · Traditional Pop
- Primary theme
- Home Front Perspective / Soldier's Perspective
Annotation
Lord Has Drafted My Son (Marshall, Gene) Preview Records # 1856 1969-70. Religion. Draft, KIA. Traditional pop. Composed by Alexander Ott. "We miss him and we love him, we'll see him someday The lord has drafted my son, he took him away Oh why, I'll never know, the sweet lord will not say The lord has drafted my son, and it broke my heart Because my son and I had never been apart The lord has his reasons, this I know But we loved him and now we miss him so The lord has drafted my son, he took him away But this we know, we'll see him someday"
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Annotation — Draft Songs
Lord Has Drafted My Son (Marshall, Gene) Preview Records # 1856 1969-70. Religion. Draft, KIA. Traditional pop. Composed by Alexander Ott. "We miss him and we love him, we'll see him someday / The lord has drafted my son, he took him away / Oh why, I'll never know, the sweet lord will not say / The lord has drafted my son, and it broke my heart / Because my son and I had never been apart / The lord has his reasons, this I know / But we loved him and now we miss him so / The lord has drafted my son, he took him away / But this we know, we'll see him someday"
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
About the artist
Born San Francisco, California, USA