Salute to the Nurses
1966 · RCA Victor LSP 3547RE2 · New York City, New York
- Artist
- Barry Sadler
- Title
- Salute to the Nurses
- Release
- Ballads of the Green Berets
- Year
- 1966
- Label
- RCA Victor # LSP 3547RE2
- Format
- LP · Album
- Language
- English
- Country
- New York City, New York, USA
- Genre
- Country · Country Folk
- Primary theme
- US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs
Annotation
In the track "Salute to the Nurses" Sadler chose to focus on the role of medical staff in Vietnam. The lyrics described how the nurses understood the impact of war, easing the pain of the wounded with their smiles, and writing letters for soldiers whose hands are "too burned to write".
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Lyrics
English: After the battle, after the fight / Many owe their lives to the ladies and men in white / And all of the men in this war torn land / Salute the nurses of Vietnam / They know the awful toll of war each day... / A soldier his hands too burned to write / A nurse takes down his words through the lonely night... / Many a wounded soldier, pain is eased for a while / By opening his eyes to see a nurses smile
About the artist
Born Carlsbad, New Mexico, USA (1 November 1940). Died Murfreesboro, Tennessee, USA (5 November 1989)
Themes
From the release Ballads of the Green Berets
In collections
US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs [War Years] · US Military & Veteran Songs