Soldier's Prayer
1971 · LTD 1001 · Springfield, New Jersey
- Artist
- Henry Lewis
- Title
- Soldier's Prayer
- Release
- Soldier's Prayer / Living for Today (Hoping for Tomorrow)
- Year
- 1971
- Label
- LTD # 1001
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- Springfield, New Jersey, USA
- Songwriter
- Hank Lewis
- Genre
- Traditional Pop · Traditional Pop
- Primary theme
- US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs
Annotation
Soldier's Prayer (Lewis, Henry) Song poem? Traditional pop. Springfield, New Jersey, USA. Lt. Calley / My Lai type massacre described. Soldier's perspective. Potential song poem. Love my country, went to war to help people be free. But I was misled. I'm in front of a prosecutor - accused of killing 20 civilians. Captain said shoot to kill. I followed orders.
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Annotation — My Lai & Lt. William Calley Songs
- Soldier's Prayer (Lewis, Henry) - Song poem? - Traditional pop. Springfield, New Jersey, USA. - Lt. Calley / My Lai type massacre described. - Soldier's perspective. Potential song poem. - Love my country, went to war to help people be free. - But I was misled. I'm in front of a prosecutor - accused of killing 20 civilians. - Captain said shoot to kill. I followed orders.
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
About the artist
Unknown - the record is documented but the performer is not. "Soldier's Prayer", written by Hank Lewis, was issued on LTD Records 1001 backed with 'Living for Today (Hoping for Tomorrow)', arranged by Jeff Bleeke and published by Henry Prod. Ltd.; a second pressing appeared as LTD 1002 in 1971. No biographical record has been located. [Source: Discogs (release only)]
Themes
Song Poem · My Lai · Pro-Calley · Patriotic · My Lai-Type · Calley-Order