Our Men in Viet Nam
1967 · Preview 1249 · Hollywood, California
- Artist
- The Downtowners
- Title
- Our Men in Viet Nam
- Release
- Our Men in Viet Nam
- Year
- 1967
- Label
- Preview # 1249
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- Hollywood, California, USA
- Songwriter
- Laban C. Jamar
- Genre
- Traditional Pop · Traditional Pop
- Primary theme
- US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs
Annotation
Our Men in Viet Nam (Downtowners, The) Traditional pop / fanfare. song poem. Patriotic. "In Vietnam the men are brave They...face their task not as a slave but as men with a dream It's theirs to hold, the battle line, though costly be the fight They'll never let the country down but fight with all their might The victory will soon be theirs, we do not doubt power The countryside will soon be free from snipers... We give them our earthly goods and send them our love We'll never fail our fighting men, nor will their lord above We'll glad to make this sacrifice, for brave men we applaud We ? offering this precious life, that peace may reign above And when the victory is won they'll come back at last We'll all will hail a job well done, it was a noble task God bless our men in Vietnam"
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Annotation — Song Poems
- "Our Men in Viet Nam" - Label: Preview Records # 1249 - Songwriter: Laban C. Jamar - Traditional pop / fanfare. song poem. - Patriotic, religion, pro-soldier "In Vietnam the men are brave / They...face their task not as a slave but as men with a dream / It's theirs to hold, the battle line, though costly be the fight / They'll never let the country down but fight with all their might / The victory will soon be theirs, we do not doubt power / The countryside will soon be free from snipers... / We give them our earthly goods and send them our love / We'll never fail our fighting men, nor will their lord above / We'll glad to make this sacrifice, for brave men we applaud / We ? offering this precious life, that peace may reign above / And when the victory is won they'll come back at last / We'll all will hail a job well done, it was a noble task God bless our men in Vietnam"
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
About the artist
Unknown - no discography match for "Our Men In Viet Nam" was found under any of the many same-named Downtowners acts. Several Preview Records "Downtowners" singles sit alongside Rodd Keith material, suggesting the name may have served as a stock song-poem backing credit - plausible for this title but unconfirmed. [Source: Discogs searches]
Themes
In collections
Song Poems · US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs