Credited on the record as Sandy & Sue (The Powell Sisters).
Our Daddy's in Vietnam
1967 · Basic PRP-181 · USA
- Artist
- Sandy & Sue
- Credited on the record as
- Sandy & Sue (The Powell Sisters)
- Title
- Our Daddy's in Vietnam
- Release
- Our Daddy's in Vietnam / Tattle Tale
- Year
- 1967
- Label
- Basic # PRP-181
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- USA
- Songwriter
- B. Powell
- Genre
- Country · Country
- Primary theme
- US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs
Annotation
In the song "Our Daddy's in Vietnam" (Basic # PRP-181), by Sandy & Sue - the "Powell Sisters" - a couple of young child girls displayed patriotic support for their father fighting in Vietnam. They sung that without his work "we'd loose our freedom land". The girls wishes that they could also "fight this war" to help their father. In the middle of the song, one of the girls entered into a spoken-word monologue, recalling a happy family scene when their father. Released in Nashville, Tennessee. Composed by B. Powell.
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Lyrics
English: Daddy's gone, he left last night, he told us to be good / And help around the house like little girls should / But daddy, we're lonely... / We wish that we could go along / And fight this war with you.. / Mummy cries a lot at night / When we say our prays we ask god to bless us and guard you over there / There are three lonely people who try to understand / Without their daddy tall and strong we'd loose our freedom land... / Remember, when you used to come home from work daddy and we'd run and through are arms around your neck / And you'd swing us high in the air and kiss our foreheads / We would share all our secrets / And god's gifts of the day until mummy came to greet you too / Then we'd kind of be forgotten... / But we didn't mind because you'd look at her and say 'It's good to be home again honey' / And we always felt so good inside after that
Notes
Basic PRP-181-A, light blue label, 723 17th Ave., S., Nashville, Tenn.; "Our Daddy's in Vietnam" (B. Powell), 2:15, Charayjim Music-BMI; credited to Sandy and Sue, The Powell Sisters. [From the record sleeve and labels]
About the artist
Sandy & Sue (The Powell Sisters) were a sister duo. "Our Daddy's In Vietnam" b/w "Tattle Tale" (Basic Records PRP 181/182, 1967), credited on the label as "Sandy & Sue (The Powell Sisters)", was pressed by Precision Record Pressing, Inc. [Source: Discogs] Sisters Sue Ann and Sandy Powell, daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Powell of Sellersburg (local newspaper clipping, undated).
Themes
In collections
Children on Record · US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs [War Years]