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
Annotation — Song Poems
- "Soldier's Prayer" - Label: LTD Records # 1001 - Songwriter: Hank Lewis - Song poem? Traditional pop. - Springfield, New Jersey, USA. - My Lai type massacre described. - Soldier's perspective. - Love my country, went to war to help people be free (patriotic) - But I was misled. I'm in front of a prosecutor - accused of killing 20 civilians (civilian casualties) - Captain said shoot to kill. I followed orders. (Calley order)
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Notes
LTD Records 1001 (1001), green label, 26 Millburn Ave., Springfield, N.J., (201) 467-1177 and (201) 661-2702; "Soldier's Prayer" (Hank Lewis), 3:02, Henry Prods. Ltd., B.M.I.; vocal arrangement by Jeff Bleeke. [From the record sleeve and labels]
Themes
Song Poem · My Lai · Pro-Calley · Patriotic · My Lai-Type · Calley-Order · Pro-Soldier
In collections
My Lai & Lt. William Calley Songs · Song Poems · US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs [War Years]