So Long Mom
Nutt NS 1 · USA
- Artist
- Willie Coffey
- Title
- So Long Mom
- Release
- So Long Mom / Sons Last Call From Seattle
- Label
- Nutt NS # 1
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- USA
- Songwriter
- Alma Nutt
- Genre
- Folk · Contemporary Folk
- Primary theme
- Home Front Perspective / Soldier's Perspective
Annotation
So Long Mom (Coffey, Willie) Sons Last Call From Seattle (Coffey, Willie) Contemporary folk, Missing in action (MIA) A-side: soldier's perspective. I've fallen in battle. Thinking of mum baking, saying prayers and reading the bible. B-side: mum's perspective - misses son, MIA according to Uncle Sam.
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Notes
Nutt Records NS 001, yellow label with acorn design: NS 001 A "So Long Mom" (Alma Nutt), Oleta, BMI, 3:07; NS 001 B "Sons Last Call From Seattle" (Alma Nutt), Oleta, BMI, 1:20. The B-side label carries a handwritten inscription beginning "Dear Ken – my adopted son" and signed "Love". [From the record sleeve and labels]
Themes
In collections
P.O.W. / M.I.A. Songs · US Combat Perspective Songs [War Years]