Mama Bake a Pie (Daddy Kill a Chicken)
1970 · Mercury 73127 · Dallas, Texas
- Artist
- George Kent
- Title
- Mama Bake a Pie (Daddy Kill a Chicken)
- Release
- Mama Bake a Pie (Daddy Kill a Chicken) / Let's Just Pretend
- Year
- 1970
- Label
- Mercury # 73127
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- Dallas, Texas, USA
- Songwriter
- Tom T. Hall
- Genre
- Country · Country
- Primary theme
- Peace, Protest & Anti-War
Annotation
Mama Bake a Pie (Daddy Kill a Chicken) (Mercury Records # 73127). Composed by Tom T. Hall. Born Dallas, Texas. (1) (2) Plight of the soldier. About wounded veteran, lost both legs in the war. Leans towards making an anti-war statement, such as "thank you sir and yes sir it was worth it for the old red-white-and-blue, and since I won't be walking I suppose I'll save some money buying shoes", and "I see here in the paper where they say the war is just a waste of time". "People starin' at me as they wheel me down the ramp toward my plane The war is over for me I've forgotten everything except the pain Thank you sir and yes sir it was worth it for the old red-white-and-blue And since I won't be walking I suppose I'll save some money buying shoes The bottle hidden underneath the blanket over my two battered legs I can see see the stewardess make over me and ask were you afraid I say why no I'm Superman and couldn't find a phone booth quite in time A GI gets a lotta laughs if he remembers all the funny lines Mama bake a pie daddy kill a chicken your son is comin' home 11: 35 Wednesday night Mama will be crying daddy's gonna say son did they treat you good My uncle will be drunk and…
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Annotation — Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs
Mama Bake a Pie (Daddy Kill a Chicken) (Mercury Records # 73127). Composed by Tom T. Hall. (1) (2) Plight of the soldier. About wounded veteran, lost both legs in the war. Leans towards making an anti-war statement, such as "thank you sir and yes sir it was worth it for the old red-white-and-blue, and since I won't be walking I suppose I'll save some money buying shoes", and "I see here in the paper where they say the war is just a waste of time". "People starin' at me as they wheel me down the ramp toward my plane / The war is over for me I've forgotten everything except the pain / Thank you sir and yes sir it was worth it for the old red-white-and-blue / And since I won't be walking I suppose I'll save some money buying shoes / The bottle hidden underneath the blanket over my two battered legs / I can see see the stewardess make over me and ask were you afraid / I say why no I'm Superman and couldn't find a phone booth quite in time / A GI gets a lotta laughs if he remembers all the funny lines / Mama bake a pie daddy kill a chicken your son is comin' home 11: 35 Wednesday night / Mama will be crying daddy's gonna say son did they treat you good / My uncle will be drunk and…
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
About the artist
Born June 12, 1935 in Dallas, Texas, USA, and died August 12, 2010 in Loveland, Colorado, USA