Cry of My Lai
1971 · Standard GS-310 · USA
- Artist
- Ivan Lee
- Title
- Cry of My Lai
- Release
- The Cry of My Lai / It Makes No Difference
- Year
- 1971
- Label
- Standard # GS-310
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- USA
- Genre
- Country · Country
- Primary theme
- Peace, Protest & Anti-War
Annotation
The traditional country song "The Cry of My Lai" (Gold Standard Records # GS-310) - one of the few songs that condemns the massacre, with the narrator telling Calley that "the devil possesses your soul", against the background sound-effect of an infant crying. He asked: "hey lieutenant, can you still hear the small babies cry?". He also wondered if Calley had acted as if in a childhood game: "did the frightened child remind you of a smiling boy, who plays war at home and the gun is only a toy". Released in Nashville, Tennessee, written by Johnny Adams and Ivan Meece.
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Themes
In collections
My Lai & Lt. William Calley Songs · Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs