My Soldier Boy
1961 · King 45-5514 · Nashville, Tennessee
- Artist
- Wade Mainer
- Title
- My Soldier Boy
- Release
- My Soldier Boy / I'm a Free Little Bird
- Year
- 1961
- Label
- King # 45-5514
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- Nashville, Tennessee, USA
- Songwriter
- Julie Mainer
- Genre
- Country · Bluegrass Gospel
- Primary theme
- Home Front Perspective / Soldier's Perspective
Annotation
My Soldier Boy (Mainer, Wade) Vocal by Julia Mainer, wife of Wade Mainer. Born Julia Mae Brown, known as Hillbilly Lillie on bluegrass scene. Recorded 7 April 1961, Cincinnati. Featured on 1961 album Soulful Sacred Songs by Wade Mainer's Mountaineers.12 Bluegrass gospel. Plight. Religion. Sources1The New York Times↩2Bad Boy of Gospel Music: The Calvin Newton Story (Russ Cheatham, 2003)↩
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Lyrics
English: I hear the sounds of marching feet / I see the soldiers march down the street... / They go marching onwards straight ahead / In the army of men there was one / That marched in the ranks and shouldered a gun / I'll look for him and it's nice to see / Him turns his head to look for me / Our love went out as he went by / A dream in my heart I won't let it die / The lord keep him forever I pray / That we will meet again some day / He walks by the stand with a sense of pride / For I was there but not by his side / He held his head high as he marched on / And smiled my love I'm gone
Notes
King 45-5514 (45-K10717), High Fidelity; "My Soldier Boy" (Julie Mainer), Lois-BMI, 2:25; Wade Mainer, vocal by Julie Mainer. [From the record sleeve and labels]
About the artist
Vocal by Julie Mainer: Currently Flint, Michigan, USA. Wade Maine: Born 21 April 1907, Weaverville, North Carolina, USA. Died 12 September 2011, Flint, Michigan, USA.