Please! Mr. President (Give Them a Date)
August 33 · USA
- Artist
- West
- Title
- Please! Mr. President (Give Them a Date)
- Release
- Please! Mr. President (Give Them a Date) / Mad Dog Oakie Shuffle
- Label
- August # 33
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- USA
- Songwriter
- D. Cimino, C. Cimino, McCasland
- Genre
- Rock · Folk Rock
- Primary theme
- Peace, Protest & Anti-War
Annotation
"Please! Mr President (Give Them a Date)" (West) psychedelic rock. only partial recording Written by D. Cimino and M. McCasland with music by C. Cimino. Published by Monterey Park Music Pub. Anti-war. Questions why war still going on even though govt had been negotiating for over three years. Criticisim of Nixon. Reference to silent majority and hawks turning against the war. "Please Mr. President, give them a date and negotiate
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Annotation — Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs
"Please! Mr President (Give Them a Date)" (West) psychedelic rock. only partial recording Written by D. Cimino and M. McCasland with music by C. Cimino. Published by Monterey Park Music Pub. Anti-war. Questions why war still going on even though govt had been negotiating for over three years. Criticisim of Nixon. Reference to silent majority and hawks turning against the war.
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Lyrics
English: Please Mr. President, give them a date and negotiate / For all mankind, we don't want to see another boy die / The hawks are changing to doves, silent majority is having doubts / We love our country...so answer us / We've been in Vietnam such a long time / That's the reason we've written this song / We've been at peace talks for more than three years / But nothings been done, except we've lost more sons
Notes
August Record Company #33, yellow-green label overstamped "Promotion Copy"; "Please! Mr. President (Give Them a Date)", 3:23, Monterey Park Music Pub., ASCAP; lyrics D. Cimino, M. McCasland, music C. Cimino; "Arr. & Recorded by 'West'". [From the record sleeve and labels]