Our Boys in Vietnam

Annotation

The song "Our Boys in Vietnam" by Brother J.D. Jarvis Country. Patriotic. Religion. Ohio

Annotation by Justin A. Brummer

Lyrics

English: Well the boys are far away in Vietnam... / Some are dying in the battle / They are dying for the good old USA / Now lord, please lead his hand / For our boys are far in that land / They are looking for their lords hand / That god will bring them back home to USA / Everyone should pray for Vietnam / For it seems that the battle has just begun / We should follow you from day to day / Our boys are fighting for our land, USA / My lord, please lead his hand

Notes

Jewel Records Record No. 779, Side One (80770A), 45 RPM, yellow label, Box 31078, Cincinnati, Ohio 45231; "Our Boys in Vietnam" (J. D. Jarvis), 3:02, Heartwarming, BMI. The black-and-white picture sleeve is headed "A Special Tribute to Our Boys in Vietnam by J. D. Jarvis" and shows him kneeling on a lawn in front of a brick building, holding an acoustic guitar with "J D Jarvis" inlaid on the fingerboard. [From the record sleeve and labels]

About the artist

John Dill Jarvis (born 21 April 1924 in Manchester, Clay County, Kentucky; died 31 December 2010 at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio, aged 86) was an American bluegrass and gospel singer, guitarist and songwriter. A thrice-wounded, highly decorated D-Day veteran of the US Army, he settled in Hamilton, Ohio in 1959, ran a painting and decorating business, hosted a long-running show on WCNW Fairfield, and became one of the most prolific bluegrass gospel recording artists of the 1960s and 1970s, cutting for Jewel, Rural Rhythm, Vetco and Heart Warming as well as his own…

Themes

Patriotic · Soldier's Perspective

In collections

US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs [War Years]