Protest
1970 · Certron C-10012 · Nashville, Tennessee
- Artist
- Merv Shiner
- Title
- Protest
- Release
- Protest / Teach Your Children
- Year
- 1970
- Label
- Certron # C-10012
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- Nashville, Tennessee, USA
- Songwriter
- Tom Kittypaw, John Whitehawk
- Genre
- Country · Traditional Country
- Primary theme
- US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs
Annotation
The song "Protest" (Shiner, Merv) (Certron # C-10012) Country pop. Protest against protesters. Demonstrations. Atomic imagery. Cold War. Mervin J. Shiner, born 20 February 1921, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.1 Record label from Nashville, Tennessee founded by Aubrey Mayhew, who produced this record. Arranged by Cliff Parman. Whose going to take the time to protest then? Protest, protest"Sources1Hillbilly-Music.com: Mervin Shiner↩
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Annotation — US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs
The song "Protest" (Shiner, Merv) (Certron # C-10012) Country pop. Protest against protesters. Demonstrations. Atomic imagery. Cold War. Mervin J. Shiner, born 20 February 1921, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.1 Record label from Nashville, Tennessee founded by Aubrey Mayhew, who produced this record. Arranged by Cliff Parman.Sources1Hillbilly-Music.com: Mervin Shiner↩
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Lyrics
English: When everyone has done his thing, the sun won't shine / The bird won't sing, for miles around there's nothing left to see / Trains won't run, planes quit flying, everything on earth is dying / Who's going to take the time to protest then? Protest, protest / Demonstrating, kicking, cursing, fighting, hating, is this the reason / For the shape we're in, if we can't stop this world erosion / There's going to be a world explosion, who's going to take the time / To protest them? If one day there should be no dawn / The good and bad would all be gone, to answer for things...we've done / No more wars, soldiers dying, hungry bodies, Woodstock crying / Whose going to take the time to protest then? Protest, protest... / When every city, every town begins to fall and crumble down / The human plea for help will ride the wind, the heart of man / Will then beat faster, pain will take the place of laughter / Whose going to take the time to protest then? Protest, protest
Notes
Certron C-10012, black label with the Certron logo, "A Product of Certron Corporation Music Division"; "Protest" (Tom Kittypaw, John Whitehawk), 2:50, Janon Music, ASCAP; produced by Aubrey Mayhew, arranged by Cliff Parman. [From the record sleeve and labels]
About the artist
Produced by Aubrey Mayhew. Janon Music, ASCAP.
Themes
In collections
US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs [War Years]