Soldiers' Christmas
1968 · Bion 4 · Orlando, Florida
- Artist
- Johnny Selph
- Title
- Soldiers' Christmas
- Release
- Soldiers' Christmas / All I Want for Christmas Is My Baby
- Year
- 1968
- Label
- Bion # 4
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- Orlando, Florida, USA
- Songwriter
- Johnny Selph
- Genre
- Country · Country
- Primary theme
- Home Front Perspective / Soldier's Perspective
Annotation
Country singer Johnny Selph's 1968 song "Soldiers' Christmas" (Bion # 4), took the perspective of a soldier away at war, writing to his mother that he will not be home for Christmas: "I'm a fighting man...there is a job here for me". It did not take a pro or anti line, so a plight of the soldier song.
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Lyrics
English: Dear mum, I won't be home for Christmas / Please give broth and sis from me a hug and kiss / And tell them I'll miss them this Christmas / I hope they'll understand that I'm a fighting man / It sure would be grand to be home this Christmas / There is job here for me but some day there won't be / And then I'll see you all for Christmas / Somebody has to be here... / Maybe next year I'll be home for Christmas... / From the boys over here Merry Christmas and a happy new year
Notes
Bion Record No. 4, Side 2, blue-and-silver label with heart border; "Soldiers' Christmas" (Johnny Selph), 1:50, Claus Music, BMI; produced by Bob Angel. "Bion Record Co., P.O. Box 15428, Orlando, Fla. 32808." [From the record sleeve and labels]