Not Another Viet Nam
A Single 'O 1001 · USA
- Artist
- The "Perry" Bros
- Title
- Not Another Viet Nam
- Release
- Not Another Viet Nam / I Woke Up This Morning
- Label
- A Single 'O # 1001
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- USA
- Songwriter
- Bob Perry
- Genre
- Country · Country
- Primary theme
- US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs
Annotation
Not Another Viet Nam (The "Perry" Bro's). Country. Patriotic. Reference to WW2 and Korea. About loss of two brothers.
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Lyrics
English: In World War Two our Jack was lost at sea / Korea took the brother next to me / I'm the only one left to protect our mum / So don't let them start them start another Vietnam / She cried so hard when word came home of Jack / I was such a little fellow them, but I remember back / How my brother Eddie said we must be brave / Now he's all alone out there, in a cold Korean grave / But if I must die for what I feel is right / Then let them take my life this very night / I'll give my all for freedom and mum / But don't let them start another Vietnam / So I joined up to keep our country free / I'm no hero, and I don't want to be / I just want to know that when the fighting is done / That they'll never start another Vietnam / Dear god, not another Vietnam
Notes
"A Single 'O, Record" 1001 (SoN 41071), gold label; "Not Another Viet Nam" (Bob Perry), 2:57, Single 'O Pub. Co.; credited to The "Perry" Bro's.; produced by Gene Curry, P.O. Box 6420, Wheeling, W. Va. [From the record sleeve and labels]
Themes
Patriotic · Soldier's Perspective · Korea · WW2 · Vietnam Analogy
In collections
US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs [War Years] · Vietnam as Comparison