P.O.W. (When Daddy Comes Marching Home)
1973 · Oweman OM-2017 · Nashville, Tennessee
- Artist
- Bobby Wyld
- Title
- P.O.W. (When Daddy Comes Marching Home)
- Release
- P.O.W. (When Daddy Comes Marching Home)
- Year
- 1973
- Label
- Oweman # OM-2017
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- Nashville, Tennessee, USA
- Songwriter
- Bobby Wyld, Rick Carter
- Genre
- Country · Country
- Primary theme
- Post-War
Annotation
P.O.W. (When Daddy Comes Marching Home) (Wyld, Bobby) Nashville, Tennessee. Country music. Starts with chorus singing "When Johnny Comes Marching Home". Then turns to the return of the P.O.W.'s from Vietnam. Mainly plight of the soldier and families. Contains minor patriotic reference.
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
About the artist
Discogs profiles Bobby Wyld (Robert A. Wyld, nee Robert Thurman, aka Johnny Maggard; 1938-2007) as an American country singer with 45s from the late 1960s to mid-1970s, who died in Ocala, Florida; 'P.O.W. (When Daddy Comes Marching Home)' is filed under 45cat's country Bobby Wyld entry, though its label and year remain unretrieved. [Source: Discogs; 45cat]