Soldier in Viet Nam
1966 · Songbird 1060 · USA
- Artist
- The Singing Crusaders
- Title
- Soldier in Viet Nam
- Release
- Soldier in Viet Nam / Ships a Sailing
- Year
- 1966
- Label
- Songbird # 1060
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- USA
- Songwriter
- Sharp / Williams
- Genre
- Soul, Gospel & Funk · Gospel
- Primary theme
- Home Front Perspective / Soldier's Perspective
Annotation — US Combat Perspective Songs
The gospel song "Soldier in Viet Nam" (Songbird Records # 1060) by The Singing Crusaders focused on religion, and how Jesus brought comfort to a soldier.
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Lyrics
English: The other day I was standing / I met a soldier been wounded in Vietnam / I said 'the lord had bought you from a mighty long way' / He said, 'while I stood on the battlefield, the lord saviour and I cried out with a loud voice, Jesus... / I'm in your camp... / Soldiers dying by my side, stay by me Jesus... / I'm in your care when the storm arrives
Notes
Song Bird 1060 (UV 11122), purple "Promotional Record" label; "Soldier in Viet Nam" (Sharp/Williams), Lion Publishing Company, Inc., BMI, 2:36; "World's Greatest Spirituals – Division of Peacock Records". [From the record sleeve and labels]
About the artist
The Singing Crusaders released "Soldier In Viet Nam" b/w "Ships A Sailing" on Song Bird Records (1060), the Houston-based gospel subsidiary of Duke/Peacock. Discogs catalogues the act under the fuller billing "The Singing Crusaders (The Crusaders Of Cleveland Ohio)", which names the group's home city of Cleveland, Ohio, as distinct from the label's Houston base. [Source: Discogs; Wikipedia (Song Bird)]
Themes
In collections
Soul, Gospel, & Funk Songs · US Combat Perspective Songs [War Years]