Our Boys in Vietnam
Gospel Time G.T.D.E. 182 · Knoxville, Tennessee
- Artist
- Don and Earl
- Title
- Our Boys in Vietnam
- Release
- The Vietnam Guitar / Our Boys in Vietnam
- Label
- Gospel Time # G.T.D.E. 182
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
- Genre
- Country · Country
- Primary theme
- US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs
Annotation
"The Vietnam Guitar" (Gospel Time # G.T.D.E. 182) - Knoxville, Tennessee. patriotic. criticised protesters / anti-war movement. religious. country music "What a friend we have in Jesus I met him in a military hospital...a young boy in his late teens You could tell he was an American from his speech He face was covered with bandages, there he was severely wounded Thousands of miles from home, a boy a few short weeks ago Walked the happy trails near his home in Tennessee He had an old guitar beside him on his cot, this is the story he told: Sir, they tell me some American are critical of my fighting here in Vietnam This to me hurts more than my wounds, I only meant to join the fighting for freedom You see sir, my daddy died in Korea, this guitar it travelled with me... See how it's made - it has six strings, keys, body, head, frets, and a bridge When I touch the keys I think of the keys to heaven And I believe in the lord Jesus Christ and I've repented of my sins... Now that I'm blind my guitar acts as my bible... If I don't make it sir you may have my guitar Last request:...write and tell my mum, tell them all of them back home When the communist bullets hit me, I was singing What…
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Annotation — US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs
"The Vietnam Guitar" (Gospel Time # G.T.D.E. 182) - Knoxville, Tennessee. patriotic. criticised protesters / anti-war movement. religious. country music "What a friend we have in Jesus / I met him in a military hospital...a young boy in his late teens / You could tell he was an American from his speech / He face was covered with bandages, there he was severely wounded / Thousands of miles from home, a boy a few short weeks ago / Walked the happy trails near his home in Tennessee / He had an old guitar beside him on his cot, this is the story he told: / Sir, they tell me some American are critical of my fighting here in Vietnam / This to me hurts more than my wounds, I only meant to join the fighting for freedom / You see sir, my daddy died in Korea, this guitar it travelled with me... / See how it's made - it has six strings, keys, body, head, frets, and a bridge / When I touch the keys I think of the keys to heaven / And I believe in the lord Jesus Christ and I've repented of my sins... / Now that I'm blind my guitar acts as my bible... / If I don't make it sir you may have my guitar / Last request:...write and tell my mum, tell them all of them back home / When the communist…
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
About the artist
Ladonuel Williams [aka Don], Earl Mays